David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok, Thailand, hotel, according to his personal manager, Chuck Binder.
Binder said Thursday that the death is being investigated but could provide no other details, however the BBC reports,
Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals on Thursday morning.
An apparent suicide.
Carradine’s death was “shocking and sad. He was full of life, always wanting to work … a great person,” Binder said, according to People magazine.
Modern audiences may best know him as “Bill” in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films. He earned a 2005 Golden Globe nomination for his role in the second movie in the two-part saga. iReport: Share memories of David Carradine
His career included more than 100 feature films, two dozen television movies and theater work, according to the Internet Movie Database.
Should we be shocked by the condition he was found… or should we have expected it?
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Mike Tyson‘s 4-year-old daughter is on life support and in very critical condition after her brother found her hanging Monday morning from a treadmill cord in their Phoenix home, police said.
While the girl’s mother was cleaning in the house, Tyson’s daughter was playing separately in a playroom.
The mother sent the girl’s 7-year-old brother to look for the 4-year-old girl. The boy found his sister in distress and got his mother, police said.
The mother found her daughter on a treadmill with her neck on what was described as a cable attached to the treadmill, police said.
She took her daughter off the cable, called 911, and began CPR.
The girl was taken to St. Joe’s Hospital after she was found around 10:30 a.m local time, MyFOXPhoenix.com reported.
Tyson was not home at the time. Initial reports indicate it was, a “tragic accident,” police said.
Very tragic… every parents worst nightmare.
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British actress Lucy Gordon was found dead in her apartment after she reportedly hung herself. She was 28 years old.
Gordon, who has appeared in ‘Spider-Man 3,’ ‘Serendipity’ and ‘Frost,’ was found dead on Wednesday, and the Daily Telegraph is reporting that she hung herself following a friend’s recent suicide.
“There were no suspicious circumstances. It appears that the young woman took her own life,” a law enforcement officer told the Telegraph.
Another source told Sky News that “it was an horrific scene. The young woman had taken her own life in terrible circumstances. We are not seeking anyone else. It was a clear case of suicide.”
Gordon is set to portray British singer-actress Jane Birkin in ‘Serge Gainsbourg (a heroic life),’ an upcoming biopic.
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