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driven · Jun 4, 2009, 09:55 AM

Wow.

David Carradine found dead in Bangkok - Nationmultimedia.com

Dakar V · Jun 4, 2009, 09:58 AM

That makes no sense.

driven · Jun 4, 2009, 10:00 AM

yet it appears to have happened.

Doofy · Jun 4, 2009, 10:03 AM

grasshopper.

ort888 · Jun 4, 2009, 10:06 AM

It was the 5 point palm exploding heart technique.

driven · Jun 4, 2009, 10:10 AM

FoxNews is now reporting that his manager said that he died of natural causes. I guess we'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

Maflynn · Jun 4, 2009, 10:11 AM

msnbc is reporting that he died of natural causes, there was no mention of suicide.

driven · Jun 4, 2009, 10:16 AM

The original article (from the Bangkok English-language paper "The Nation") had this:

Police investigation showed that he hung himself with a rope, the kind that is used with curtains.
Police said he was dead for not less than 12 hours and found no sign of fighting and assaults.

We'll have to see how this plays out.

Eriamjh · Jun 4, 2009, 12:24 PM

"One should choose Yellow Book"

..and use a MacBook.

driven · Jun 4, 2009, 12:39 PM

FoxNews and MSNBC are now reporting that the death was possibly a suicide.

How sad.

Mrjinglesusa · Jun 4, 2009, 06:37 PM

Two words: Autoerotic asphyxiation

subego · Jun 4, 2009, 07:05 PM

Good lord. What a completely unclassy thing to say.

Yeah. I thought that too.

Andy8 · Jun 4, 2009, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Two words: Autoerotic asphyxiation

Similar to Michael Hutchence of INXS.

Spheric Harlot · Jun 4, 2009, 07:34 PM

And Kevin Gilbert

subego · Jun 4, 2009, 07:37 PM

Holy ****! I Toy Matinee was great. I always wondered why there wasn't another album.

Big Mac · Jun 4, 2009, 08:05 PM

I don't think it was proper for the Bride to kill Bill. She got a lot of sweet revenge. She didn't have to take the final step and explode his heart. . .

This was pretty shocking news.

Face Ache · Jun 4, 2009, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Two words: Autoerotic asphyxiation

When you can snatch this pebble from my hand, while wearing a tutu, with an orange in your mouth, suspended by rope from a cupboard...

... only then shall I whip you with my rubber chicken.

OldManMac · Jun 5, 2009, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Two words: Autoerotic asphyxiation

Probably. Cops: Carradine death may be accidental - Celebrities- msnbc.com

Spheric Harlot · Jun 5, 2009, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by subego

Holy ****! I Toy Matinee was great. I always wondered why there wasn't another album.

Yeah, it's a great album.

Thud is my personal favorite, although the Shaming of the True (completed posthumously) is pretty sensational, too.

osiris · Jun 5, 2009, 10:02 AM

I doubt it was suicide, more likely auto erotic asphyxiation at the hands of an inexperienced minor.

anyhoo, RIP David.

ort888 · Jun 5, 2009, 10:22 AM

The movie he was working on was called Stretch. Maybe he was using the rope on his genitals to get into character.

Jawbone54 · Jun 5, 2009, 11:36 AM

I really hope it's not autoerotic asphyxiation...

At 72-years-old. 72.

Chongo · Jun 5, 2009, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I really hope it's not autoerotic asphyxiation...

At 72-years-old. 72.

From the Wiki on a Canadian(?) study

The great majority of known erotic asphyxial deaths are male; among all known cases in Ontario and Alberta from 1974 to 1987, only one out of 117 cases was female.[3] Some individual cases of women with erotic asphyxia have been reported.[12][13][14][15] The mean age of accidental death is mid-20s,[3][16], but deaths have been reported in adolescents[17][18][19] and in men in their 70s.[16][7]

Jawbone54 · Jun 5, 2009, 11:51 AM

Kinda creepy.

Laminar · Jun 5, 2009, 12:09 PM

Old people don't have sex. It's gross.

Zeeb · Jun 5, 2009, 12:22 PM

I don't understand self destructive sexual fetishes by seemingly intelligent people. That is, if it does turn out to be the autoerotic asphyxiation thing.

driven · Jun 5, 2009, 01:14 PM

Death may have been a tragic accident. How sad:

David Carradine's Death Likely a Sex Accident - ABC News

(I am puzzled however about the part that mentions that his hands were tied ... that might change things)

Jawbone54 · Jun 5, 2009, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Old people don't have sex. It's gross.

It should be illegal.

Dakar V · Jun 5, 2009, 04:21 PM

Also, old people driving.

Laminar · Jun 5, 2009, 04:38 PM

While having sex?

Jawbone54 · Jun 5, 2009, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar V

Also, old people driving.

I felt pretty guilty for honking at an old (read: ancient) man today. I was practically idling behind him as he did 10 mph on a one-lane service road for about 1/2 mile (or maybe it just felt that long), looking around in every conceivable direction. I finally honked, and it apparently scared the crap out of him. He jerked the wheel a little out of shock.

Laminar · Jun 5, 2009, 05:25 PM

You woke him from a coma. How dare you.

Jawbone54 · Jun 5, 2009, 06:11 PM

Some old woman out there is cursing me for delaying the life insurance.

Eriamjh · Jun 6, 2009, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I really hope it's not autoerotic asphyxiation.

If it was possible to die from embarrassment, this would have killed him.

...if it didn't kill him in the first place.

Chongo · Jun 7, 2009, 12:10 AM

Time to rename this thread.

driven · Jun 7, 2009, 09:17 AM

I wonder if Auto-Erotic asphyxiation would qualify you for the Darwin award?

ringo · Jun 7, 2009, 12:09 PM

Saw this posted at another site the day after...too soon?

Chongo · Jun 7, 2009, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by driven

I wonder if Auto-Erotic asphyxiation would qualify you for the Darwin award?

If you have not reproduced, yes. In Grasshopper's case, no.

marrjohnn · Jun 8, 2009, 12:35 PM

So sad to know about this, his one of may favorite actors, specially in the kill bill movie