David Carradine of Kung Fu TV found dead in Bangkok

[gearguy]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/o ... index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/04/obit.david.carradine/index.html)

[Brad the Impala]

Perhaps read the threads before posting. See Last Night in Bangkok, a clever title for a sad story.

[Smiles]

Perhaps read the threads before posting. See Last Night in Bangkok, a clever title for a sad story.
Come on Brad, be fair. The 'Last Night in Bangkok' title didn't mention Carradine and seems to me it would be quite common for someone NOT to have read it first simply because the title (or the author!! :blackeye: ) itself didn't interest him.
I would think the general expectation would reasonably be that ~ at he very least ~ the deceased man's name would be in the subject line of any topic about him, especially in this case.

[dab69]

I used to think it would be a honor to spend my last day on earth in Thailand.
Anyway sad to hear

Discussion on another board opines that the details so far disclosed point to accidental death during auto-errotic-asphyxiation; whatever that is. I believe it is alluded to in a movie called "Red Sun".

For a man of 72, the third floor would probably have sufficed for falling death syndrome. However, he mave been one of those artists who did his own stunts.

[quiet1]

Discussion on another board opines that the details so far disclosed point to accidental death during auto-errotic-asphyxiation; whatever that is.
Carradine death 'erotic asphyxiation'
By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 5/06/2009 at 11:16 AM

American actor David Carradine might have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation, Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) director Porntip Rojanasunan said on Friday morning.

The 72-year-old actor's body was found inside a closet in his suite in Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel about 11am on Thursday.

One end of a shoelace was tied around his penis and the other end fastened around his neck, while his hands were bound with a cord which was also tied around his neck.

He could have been be trying auto-erotic asphyxiation and may have suffocated during the act, Kunying Porntip said.

She said other evidence supporting this theory included a penis shrine inside his room.

She did not believe anyone else was involved, but admitted she could not be 100 per cent sure.

Carradine arrived in Bangkok a few days ago to star in a new movie, Strand.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews ... phyxiation (http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/145219/carradine-likely-died-from-erotic-asphyxiation)

The first time I heard of "auto-erotic asphyxiation" was when the INXS lead singer died while doing it. Later there was a C.S.I. episode based on it. A new twist in this case seems to be that his hands were bound with a cord? How does that work, exactly?

They wasted no time getting the good Khunying Porntip on this case.

He could have been be trying auto-erotic asphyxiation and may have suffocated during the act, Kunying Porntip said.

She said other evidence supporting this theory included a penis shrine inside his room.
She did not believe anyone else was involved, but admitted she could not be 100 per cent sure.

Absolute classic deduction, I mean why else would one have a 'penis shrine' in ones room?........... :cheers:

[Brad the Impala]

Absolute classic deduction, I mean why else would one have a 'penis shrine' in ones room?........... :cheers:

So one had somewhere pleasurable to sit down?

Absolute classic deduction, I mean why else would one have a 'penis shrine' in ones room?........... :cheers:

So one had somewhere pleasurable to sit down?

Ah ha OK Glasshopper, all is understood now ;)

[TrongpaiExpat]

Having mastered snatching the pebble from the masters hand, he went on to the more difficult maneuver of grabbing the pebble while hanging from a curtain road with his hands and penis tied together.

Thai TV is really playing this up with line drawings and comments like it's very strange to us but he is an American!

What a way to go.

Jeez...he's my mom's age!

Sad that an entire carrer is going to be reduced and remembered as a sick joke. Much like Mama Cass being remembered for choking on a ham sandwich instead of all her beautirul music.

BTW, if anyone remembers an old Peter O'Toole movie "The Ruling Class" there is a scene of auto-erotic asphixiation at the start of the movie. It always seemed to me to be a rather stupid way to get off.....

It always seemed to me to be a rather stupid way to get off.....

Uh, yeah. This is far from the first story like this. A squirt isn't worth dying for.

[Lunchtime O'Booze]

Discussion on another board opines that the details so far disclosed point to accidental death during auto-errotic-asphyxiation; whatever that is.
Carradine death 'erotic asphyxiation'
By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 5/06/2009 at 11:16 AM

American actor David Carradine might have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation, Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) director Porntip Rojanasunan said on Friday morning.

The 72-year-old actor's body was found inside a closet in his suite in Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel about 11am on Thursday.

One end of a shoelace was tied around his penis and the other end fastened around his neck, while his hands were bound with a cord which was also tied around his neck.

He could have been be trying auto-erotic asphyxiation and may have suffocated during the act, Kunying Porntip said.

She said other evidence supporting this theory included a penis shrine inside his room.

She did not believe anyone else was involved, but admitted she could not be 100 per cent sure.

Carradine arrived in Bangkok a few days ago to star in a new movie, Strand.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews ... phyxiation (http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/145219/carradine-likely-died-from-erotic-asphyxiation)

The first time I heard of "auto-erotic asphyxiation" was when the INXS lead singer died while doing it. Later there was a C.S.I. episode based on it. A new twist in this case seems to be that his hands were bound with a cord? How does that work, exactly?

They wasted no time getting the good Khunying Porntip on this case.

to the layman..this particularly risky form of self-pleasuring that can result in one's unfortunate and unexpected departure from this plane of existence, is commonly known as :

cumming & going at the same time

[Brad the Impala]

BTW, if anyone remembers an old Peter O'Toole movie "The Ruling Class" there is a scene of auto-erotic asphixiation at the start of the movie. It always seemed to me to be a rather stupid way to get off.....

A much enjoyed movie, if a little long. I think that I must have seen it three times, without ever registering the above fact!

if only he had been wearing sandals (with socks) instead of shoes with laces, he would still be alive today

[giggsy]

As we all probably know it can be an embarrassing time for our families when we come out off the closet
But David Carradine has embarrassed his by trying to come in it..

[kittyboy]

As we all probably know it can be an embarrassing time for our families when we come out off the closet
But David Carradine has embarrassed his by trying to come in it..

Giggsy - Very funny comments. I have passed them on to friends - the general reaction is a laugh and a groan.

My own thoughts are based on this wikipidia description - not as funny but -

Erotic asphyxiation refers to intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. It is also called asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, scarfing, kotzwarraism, or breath control play. Colloquially, a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper.

If David Carradine got his jollies off by being a gasper he should have pulled out his cock, opened the window of his bangkok hotel jerked off and gasped deeply on the smog filled air...

[Beachlover]

Apparently, according to the FBI, auto-erotic asphyxia claims 500 to 1,000 lives each year... Seriously? What an unbelievable waste...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/moves- ... ntentSwap1 (http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/moves-of-the-grasshopper/2009/06/12/1244664849267.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1)