David Carradine is dead.

[janradder]

He was found sometime Thursday in his hotel room in Thailand, after hanging himself. He'll probably be most remembered for his role as Caine in Kung Fu, but it's his role as Frankenstein in Death Race 2000 that I'll always remember him for. Very sad news.

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[glamberson.livejournal.com]

I heard he'd died, but not the suicide part. Sad. He didn't have a great rep--heavy drinker, difficult, unhappy. Too bad KILL BILL didn't do much for him. I'll remember his as Keith Carradine's angry brother...

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the article had a quote from him where he sounded bitter about not getting better roles, and Kill Bill never did for him what Pulp Fiction did for John Travolta. I hadn't known about the drinking until I'd read the obituary, though.

[glamberson.livejournal.com]

Oh--I liked him in Q.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

I never saw it -- I'd look at it in the video store and still remember the cover of the box well, but I never rented it. Is is worth seeing?

[justinhowe.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Q is pretty rad. Michael Moriarty is in it too.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check it out.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

Of course I remember him very much as Caine, since my dad was so obsessed with the show.

So very, very sad to go that way.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

The fact that it was suicide is what makes it most sad (and that it was in some foreign hotel rather than at home makes it seem eve worse, for some reason). I do remember that your dad loved the show.

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

Oh, fuck!

[janradder.livejournal.com]

That was kind of my reaction when I saw the news story in my inbox.

[smeehrrr.livejournal.com]

I still have a Kung Fu lunchbox from when I was in kindergarten. My kids use it to keep toys in.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

My best friend across the street had one of those, if I remember right. If it wasn't him, it was someone I went to school with because I do remember that lunchbox well.