"Kill Bill" Star David Carradine's Death "Suspicious"

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The Bangkok police called the death of the Kill Bill star, David Carradine a suicide. Carradine's manager says that it cannot be true. "I can tell you 100 percent that he would have never committed suicide," Tiffany Smith, who along with Chuck Binder managed Carradine, tells People. "He was too full of life."

Carradine was filming the movie Stretch in Thailand when his nude body was found in his hotel room closet by a maid on Thursday morning. He was in a sitting position with a yellow rope wrapped around his neck. The rope was attached to a closet bar. The chief of Lumpini area police station, Col. Somprasong Yentuam, says, "We believe that Mr. David committed suicide but it is suspicious."

The actor has spoken openly about his past with drugs and alcohol as well as thoughts of suicide, his manager says that Carradine was in good spirits and eager to work. He had three more films lined up when he returned to the United States. "We are not saying it's an accidental death because we don't know," says Smith. "Right now we are just letting everyone know that it's under investigation and we'll see ... I just know he didn't do this to himself."

In a statement by Carradine's niece, Martha Plimpton, she says, My Uncle David was a brilliantly talented, fiercely intelligent and generous man." She continues, "He was the nexus of our family in so many ways, and drew us together over the years and kept us connected. I adored him as a child, and as an adult I admired and respected him. We will all miss him terribly."

What a tragic loss. The way he died does sound suspicious though.

Source: People.com