Friday, June 05, 2009

The things you don't learn in Lonely Planet

Rule #51: Always make sure your Thai sex worker understands the safe words.

BANGKOK (AP) — The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been caused by accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.

The 72-year-old actor's body was discovered Thursday in his luxury suite at Bangkok's Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel. Police initially said they suspected suicide, though Carradine's associates had questioned that theory and authorities later said no suicide note was found in his room.

Police Lt. Gen. Worapong Chewprecha told reporters that Carradine was found with a rope tied around his genitals and another rope around his neck.

"The two ropes were tied together," he said. "It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not or he died of suffocation or heart failure."

2 comments:

BJK said...

Bob Crane 2.0; it's sad that he's going to be remembered just as much for how he went out as his acting career.

(I'm desparately trying to avoid any 'Kung fu' or 'Kill Bill' jokes...even if the latter is so blatantly obvious.)

At what point do you think he realized that probably wasn't such a good idea?

John Foust said...

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster. The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free.

 
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