The 72-year-old actor was found dead in a Thai hotel room closet in an intricate web of ropes -- one around his neck, another around his genitals and the two tied together, according to Thai authorities.
David Carradine (December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009), born John Arthur Carradine, was an American actor best known for his work in the 1970s television series Kung Fu and more recently in the Kill Bill films. He appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. Official website,
David Carradine, April 2005
On June 4, 2009, Carradine was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel on Wireless Road, near Sukhumvit, in central Bangkok, Thailand. A police official said Carradine was found hanging by a rope in the room's closet, and the Bangkok Post reported that his body was found curled up in the wardrobe with a shoelace tied around his genitals and neck.
Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunand, a Thai forensic pathologist and Director of Central Institute of Forensic Science, stated the incident met four of the criteria for accidental death involving autoerotic asphyxiation. Police Lieutenant General Worapong Chewprecha, Commander of the Metropolitan Police, remarked that the closed circuit television installed within the hotel supported the theory that no other persons were involved with the death.
Carradine's representative and family members told the press that they believed the death to be accidental and not a suicide. However it has also been reported that Carradine was found "with his hands tied behind his back." Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager, indicated neither suicide nor accident was the likely cause since "the family has been told Carradine's hands were immobilized (behind his back) by the rope."
Carradine was in Bangkok to shoot his latest movie, Stretch, and had been known to join the film crew for dinner. The crew noticed his absence when going out to dinner on June 3, but assumed he was simply taking the night off. //Wiki: David_Carradine
sfgate.com: Asphyxiation, one form of a larger realm of erotic behavior known as breath play, is sometimes done with a partner -- though if news reports this morning are accurate, Carradine's former wife wasn't having any of it, since hints of this (or possibly other kinkiness) came out in their divorce proceedings.
There are not many more than two really good sources of information about it: those people who do it safely, at least safely enough to talk to others about their experience; and one, count 'em, one, sexologist who's studied that population. Her name is Kathryn Ando, Ph.D., and (disclosure time) she happens to be on the board of my non-profit, The Center for Sex & Culture. The other CSC link to information about this practice is sexuality educator and author Lee Harrington (http://www.passionandsoul.com/), whose lecture "Take My Breath Away" we hosted this spring and whose classes emphasize safety issues and begin with a strongly-worded disclaimer: With or without a partner in the room to keep an eye on you, you can die doing this.
Harrington notes the various kinds of play, of varying levels of danger, that people may explore when they become interested in breath- and blood-flow-restrictive erotic experience: besides the solo asphyxia that can be done with hotel room curtain cords, people hold their breath, put bags over their heads (which they tear into when the lack of oxygen becomes too much), and engage partners to choke them or put a hand or an object over nose and mouth. Air flow play is related to, but different from, blood flow play, which generally involves choking or a ligature to disrupt arterial blood flow to the brain. And if that doesn't sound at least potentially dangerous to you, you may have been too busy huffing inhalants and masturbating to pay attention in science class.
"Of my sample," says Dr. Ando, "the ratio of people who engage in partnered breath control vs. engage in breath control alone was about 3:1. Also, most of the people who did solitary breath control also engaged with a partner. Only a small percentage (close to 1%) do it by themselves with no one else knowing that they engage in it." Though it may be worth noting that Ando's study, launched in San Francisco, may not have adequately reached all the people out there who do not share this interest with anyone else. It is especially likely to be shared by BDSM practitioners, whose love or at least comfort with intense experience gives asphyxia fans a place to come out.
David Carradine (December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009), born John Arthur Carradine, was an American actor best known for his work in the 1970s television series Kung Fu and more recently in the Kill Bill films. He appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. Official website,
David Carradine, April 2005
On June 4, 2009, Carradine was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel on Wireless Road, near Sukhumvit, in central Bangkok, Thailand. A police official said Carradine was found hanging by a rope in the room's closet, and the Bangkok Post reported that his body was found curled up in the wardrobe with a shoelace tied around his genitals and neck.
Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunand, a Thai forensic pathologist and Director of Central Institute of Forensic Science, stated the incident met four of the criteria for accidental death involving autoerotic asphyxiation. Police Lieutenant General Worapong Chewprecha, Commander of the Metropolitan Police, remarked that the closed circuit television installed within the hotel supported the theory that no other persons were involved with the death.
Carradine's representative and family members told the press that they believed the death to be accidental and not a suicide. However it has also been reported that Carradine was found "with his hands tied behind his back." Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager, indicated neither suicide nor accident was the likely cause since "the family has been told Carradine's hands were immobilized (behind his back) by the rope."
Carradine was in Bangkok to shoot his latest movie, Stretch, and had been known to join the film crew for dinner. The crew noticed his absence when going out to dinner on June 3, but assumed he was simply taking the night off. //Wiki: David_Carradine
sfgate.com: Asphyxiation, one form of a larger realm of erotic behavior known as breath play, is sometimes done with a partner -- though if news reports this morning are accurate, Carradine's former wife wasn't having any of it, since hints of this (or possibly other kinkiness) came out in their divorce proceedings.
There are not many more than two really good sources of information about it: those people who do it safely, at least safely enough to talk to others about their experience; and one, count 'em, one, sexologist who's studied that population. Her name is Kathryn Ando, Ph.D., and (disclosure time) she happens to be on the board of my non-profit, The Center for Sex & Culture. The other CSC link to information about this practice is sexuality educator and author Lee Harrington (http://www.passionandsoul.com/), whose lecture "Take My Breath Away" we hosted this spring and whose classes emphasize safety issues and begin with a strongly-worded disclaimer: With or without a partner in the room to keep an eye on you, you can die doing this.
Harrington notes the various kinds of play, of varying levels of danger, that people may explore when they become interested in breath- and blood-flow-restrictive erotic experience: besides the solo asphyxia that can be done with hotel room curtain cords, people hold their breath, put bags over their heads (which they tear into when the lack of oxygen becomes too much), and engage partners to choke them or put a hand or an object over nose and mouth. Air flow play is related to, but different from, blood flow play, which generally involves choking or a ligature to disrupt arterial blood flow to the brain. And if that doesn't sound at least potentially dangerous to you, you may have been too busy huffing inhalants and masturbating to pay attention in science class.
"Of my sample," says Dr. Ando, "the ratio of people who engage in partnered breath control vs. engage in breath control alone was about 3:1. Also, most of the people who did solitary breath control also engaged with a partner. Only a small percentage (close to 1%) do it by themselves with no one else knowing that they engage in it." Though it may be worth noting that Ando's study, launched in San Francisco, may not have adequately reached all the people out there who do not share this interest with anyone else. It is especially likely to be shared by BDSM practitioners, whose love or at least comfort with intense experience gives asphyxia fans a place to come out.
Both actor David Carradine (left) and INXS singer Michael Hutchence are believed to have died through a dangerous sexual practice called auto erotic asphyxia. (AP Photo/Getty Images):.
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