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Jun 2009
David Carradine’s Funeral (Photos)
More than 400 people, including various actors like Keith Carradine, ALi Larter, Jane Seymour, Rob Schneider, Michael Madsen and Lucy Liu, attended David Carradine’s funeral and paid their tribute to the 72 year-old actor on Saturday (June 13) in Los Angeles.
David Carradine died under suspicious circumstances in Bangkok on June 4. His body was found hanging in the closet of his hotel room but a suicide has been ruled out as the cause of death.
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David Carradine introduced the mysterious sayings of the Taoist book of philosophy, the Tao Te Ching, to a mainstream American audience. It is to his credit that he left us showing a peaceful way, in total complete organism. How exactly do you want to die?
David was not on drugs, he was happy, he was high. “He was in the hotel lobby, relaxing and playing the piano — he looked very happy.” Nobody needs to go home alone, in Bangkok unless they want to. A maid found Carradine hanging naked by a rope in the closet of his plush hotel suite.
The autopsy report revealed Carradine died from a sudden lack of oxygen; while his body showed no signs of struggle… the moment of sexual climax is “la petit mort,” – the little death.
Forensic pathologist Michael Biden said that “autoerotic asphyxiation remains a possible cause of death.” The intent being to cut off the flow of oxygen to the brain, and in so doing, heightens the sense of climax. There was no evidence to show the death was anything other than unintended and accidental.
Most life insurance policies provide that the policy is void if the cause of death is suicide, but if it’s an accidental death insurance companies are not only required to pay out … some policies provide that the beneficiaries get twice the payout.