David Carradine Did Not Commit Suicide – At Least On Purpose
Coroner-to-the-stars Michael Baden says David Carradine’s death was not a suicide, and was caused by asphyxiation. You don’t say?
Baden was hired by Carradine’s family to conduct an independent autopsy, which is all the rage in Hollywood these days. He told Reuters that while his complete report won’t be available for a week, he’s determined that Carradine did not deliberately kill himself:
“The cause of death was asphyxiation, an inability to breathe, now why that happened is still what we’re working on,” Baden told Reuters.
[snip]
“He didn’t die of natural causes, and he didn’t die of suicidal causes from the nature of the ligatures around the body, so that leaves some kind of accidental death,” he said.
Well, we guess that rules out ninjas, right? Any other ideas?
The media has suggested Carradine could have died from accidental autoerotic asphyxiation. In response to a question on that topic, Baden did not rule out that possibility, but he also did not say autoerotic asphyxiation was the cause.
Baden also confirmed what was obvious to anyone who saw the photo of Carradine’s body after he died—his hands were tied above his head. Which raises a question as to how one autoerotically asphyxiates oneself with one’s hands bound out of reach of one’s nether parts. He told Reuters that he is waiting for Thai authorities to provide him with “pass keys for the hotel where Carradine died, and security video to ensure no one was in the room with him at the time.”
But if no one was in the room with him at the time, what the hell was he doing?
[Via ArtsBeat.]
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David did an audio book for one of our writers (they knew each other and it was a gesture of friendship).
I talked to the young audio book producer a week after the project was over. David had been -- as always -- friendly and professional about the gig.
From all accounts, this was a somewhat tortured, but kind person. He's dead. Let's give this story a rest. There is a special level of Hell for those people that printed and linked to that death photo.
One of these days we're gonna find out who killed Dave. The Thai woman that asphyxiated him in his room for unknown reasons. The police will go on what they call in the movies as a "roaring rampage of revenge" to seek her out and bring her to justice...and when they do, that Thai, will Die.
@daveyjonesisdead: HA!
power_stroke
How about a Bruce Lee - David Carradine connection here for you conspiracy enthusiasts.
hatchetman
@Cicada: It's a lifestyle.
Was his cock out? Was there ejaculate at the scene? Come on, people, give the info we need.
@Cicada: I promise I won't fuck that one up for you. Hell, I don't think there is an answer to that one!
The One
@The One: Damn, there goes my favorite pastime.
I guess I'll have to spend my free time figuring out how Eddie Murphy still has a film career after Norbit.
@Cicada: Those pants look like they could be leggings, which wouldn't be too difficult for someone to squeeze into.
The One
"Well, we guess that rules out ninjas, right?"--hold on, death by ninja counts as an accident? Dude, that solves a lot of problems round these parts. A lot.
@Mymoustache: You and I think alike.
@Mount_Prion: I think you have put just a little too much thought into this.
I have no room to talk, of course. I've spent many an idle hour trying to figure out how Jessica Simpson poured herself into these pants:
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@Ladies and Gentlemen-Mr. Burt Bacharach:
Elvis died on the toilet. Martin Luther had an ephiphany on the toilet. Go figure.
depardoo
Ahhh, poor David Carradine! That is like the second most embarrassing way to die. The first being while on the toilet, which is surely how I will go.
The FIRST autopsy and investigation showed no one entering. And supposedly his ex said he just liked being bound -- "it relaxed him" -- and that he didn't necessarily masturbate while doing it. He just got off on being tied up.
I'm going to take a long shower now.
It was a very Zen sort of autoerotic asphyxiation. He gave himself a handjob with his mind.
daveyjonesisdead
Nothing more boring than hanging around a hotel room all day...
Martiniman
This just in: The nauseous pug lady is blaming the Jews for the death of Karl Malden.
depardoo
This totally does NOT rule out ninjas.
Just use poppers, people. Same rush but without the icky death.
I don't know enough about this topic to give an opinion.
Any experts out there who can enlighten us?
If he set up some kind of noose-like loop and hung it from something above him, he could have put his wrists in it and use his own weight to tighten the restraints.
It was difficult to tell if something like this could have been the case from the photo.
Also, how would you get out?
Poor David should have used the Sleeper. Much less risk.
depardoo
Somewhere there is a Thai Lady Boy with ALL the answers!
Mymoustache