Actor David Carradine Dead Of Apparent Suicide
Posted June 4, 2009 12:00 pm.
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David Carradine, who became a household name after starring in the 1970s TV series ‘Kung Fu’ was found hanging in a hotel room in the Thai capital, Bangkok. It’s believed that the 72-year-old committed suicide.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy said Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday.
The popular actor appeared in more than 100 feature films, but was best known as the travelling Shaolin priest, Kwai Chang Caine, form the Kung Fu series.
The show aired between 1972-75.
He later played Caine’s grandson in the 1990s syndicated series “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues,” and returned to Hollywood spotlight once again as the title character in Quentin Tarantino’s two-part saga “Kill Bill.”
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