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Actor David Carradine found dead
Former Kung Fu star, 72, said to have committed suicide

BANGKOK  (AP) - Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series ``Kung 
Fu'' who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead 
in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his 
hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 
72-year-old actor. He said Carradine died either late Wednesday or early 
Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for 
his family.

The website of the Thai newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police 
sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel 
room and is believed to have committed suicide.

Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that 
included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.

In all, he appeared in more than 100 feature films with such directors as 
Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby.

But he was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin priest 
travelling the 1800s American frontier West in the TV series ``Kung Fu,'' 
which aired in 1972-75.

He reprised the role in a mid-1980s TV movie and played Caine's grandson in 
the 1990s syndicated series ``Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.''

He returned to the top in recent years as the title character in Quentin 
Tarantino's two-part saga ``Kill Bill.''