[Deathwatch] David Carradine, actor, 72

[Deathwatch Central]

David Carradine, the star of the 1970s television series “Kung Fu” and
the title villain of the “Kill Bill” movies, has died in Thailand, The
Associated Press reported. The United States Embassy in Bangkok told
The A.P. that Mr. Carradine had been found dead in his hotel suite in
Bangkok, where he was working on a movie. He was 72.

Mr. Carradine was part of an acting family that included his father,
John; his brother, Bruce, and half-brothers Keith and Robert; and his
nieces Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton.

After a short run as the title character in the 1966 television
adaptation of the Western “Shane,” he found fame in the 1972 series
“Kung Fu” as Kwai Chang Caine, a wanderer raised by Shaolin monks to be
a martial arts master. He enjoyed a career resurgence in recent years
when he was cast by Quentin Tarantino in the action movies “Kill Bill:
Vol. 1″ and “Vol. 2.”

Updated | 10:58 a.m. Thai police have told BBC News that Mr. Carradine
was found on Thursday morning by a hotel maid in a wardrobe with a rope
around his neck.


Actor David Carradine found dead
Posted: June 04, 2009


Actor David Carradine has been found dead in his Bangkok hotel room.  
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok has not yet released the
cause of death, reporting only that the 72-year-old star was in
Thailand shooting a film.

Carradine began appearing in films and television shows in the
mid-sixties and is best recognized for his roles in western and kung fu
movies, including the '70s show Kung Fu, and more recently, as the
snake charmer in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2.


Many thanks to Deathwatch Central for posting this obituary