Kung Fu Star David Carradine found dead

Kung Fu and Kill Bill star David Carradine has been found hanged in a hotel room in Bangkok.

American embassy in Thailand confirmed the 72 yr old had been found dead where he was filming.

Police said there were no signs of a struggle or other suspicious circumstances and are treating the death as suicide.

Reports are he was found hanging from a curtain cord in a closet by a chambermaid at the Park Nai Lert hotel.

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

His career received a major boost when he starred in Quentin Tarantino’s two part Kill Bill films in 2003 and 2004.

He was famous for his role as the fugitive half Chinese Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s western TV drama Kung Fu.

He is survived by his wife, Annie Bierman, and four children.

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