en un hotel de Bangkok
Europa Press
Jueves, 4 de junio 2009
El actor David Carradine, de 72 años, conocido por su papel en la mítica serie "Kung Fu", ha sido hallado muerto este jueves en su habitación de hotel en Bangkok, donde se encontraba rodando su última película. Según la revista francesa "Purepeople", fue hallado ahorcado con las cortinas.
Fue una de las mujeres de la limpieza del hotel la que, alrededor de las 10.00 horas de la mañana del jueves, abrió la puerta de la suite de Carradine y, supuestamente, se encontró al famoso actor ahorcado con las cuerdas de las cortinas de la habitación. El periódico tailandés The Nation también defiende esta versión. La policía piensa que se trata de un suicidio. Sin embargo, el agente de Carradain se niega a pensar lo mismo y opinó que el actor falleció por muerte natural. En todo caso, el miércoles por la noche el actor no asistió a una cena organizada por la producción.
En este sentido, Chuck Binder, el agente de Carradine, reconoció a Fox News que las causas de la muerte del actor están "bajo investigación". Además, añadió que la muerte de su cliente y amigo ha sido "imactante y triste".
DE KUNG FU A KILL BILL.
Hijo del también actor John Carradine, John Arthur Carradine será recordado por su papel de Chang Caine en la serie de la década de los 70 "Kung Fu". Su carrera en el cine nunca llegó a terminar de despegar, quizá por quedarse encasillado en aquél mítico personaje.
Sin embargo, también lo recordarán los cinéfilos por una película: "Kill Bill". El director especializado en resucitar viejas glorias Quentin Tarantino trajo a Carradine al primer plano de la actualidad con uno de los papeles principales de este largometraje.
Anteriormente Tarantino había resucitado -cinematográficamente- a John Travolta en "Pulp Fiction" y, después de "Kill Bill", hizo lo propio con Kurt Russell en "Death Proof".
Sin embargo, además de estos grandes papeles, Carradine apareció en alrededor de 200 películas televisivas y en numerosas obras de teatro. Asimismo, fue productor, director, guionista y compositor.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Se suicida David Carradine en un hotel de Bangkok
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Un idolo de toda una generación fallece en circunstancias un tanto extrañas. Lo encontraron en un armario con una soga al cuello
Carradine, con 72 años, llamó la atención de sus compañeros en la producción de "Stretch', la nueva pelicula que rodaba, cuando no atendió las llamadas efectuadas a su habitación.
"La investigación de la policía muestra que se ha ahorcado con una cuerda como las que se usan para las cortinas", afirma 'The Nation', que añade que no hay signos de ningún ataque externo.
"Lo encontraron en un armario con una soga al cuello."
Todos lo recordaremos por el personaje de monje Shaolin, "pequeño saltamontes", que marcó a toda una generación que, como servidor, se lanzaron a las escuelas de artes marciales a aprender Kung Fu.
No obstante esto, siempre fue un personaje de pequeña pantalla. Su último trabajo puede verse en la serie 'Mental', que precisamente se estrena hoy en España.
Me hago la pregunta ¿Realmente se habrá matado con 72 años? ¿Por qué en un armario? Y si fue así ¿Qué fue lo que le llevó a hacerlo?.
04-06-2009 23:11 | Categoría:
Gente y TV
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David Carradine
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Un idolo de toda una generación fallece en circunstancias un tanto extrañas. Lo encontraron en un armario con una soga al cuello
Carradine, con 72 años, llamó la atención de sus compañeros en la producción de "Stretch', la nueva pelicula que rodaba, cuando no atendió las llamadas efectuadas a su habitación.
"La investigación de la policía muestra que se ha ahorcado con una cuerda como las que se usan para las cortinas", afirma 'The Nation', que añade que no hay signos de ningún ataque externo.
"Lo encontraron en un armario con una soga al cuello."
Todos lo recordaremos por el personaje de monje Shaolin, "pequeño saltamontes", que marcó a toda una generación que, como servidor, se lanzaron a las escuelas de artes marciales a aprender Kung Fu.
No obstante esto, siempre fue un personaje de pequeña pantalla. Su último trabajo puede verse en la serie 'Mental', que precisamente se estrena hoy en España.
Me hago la pregunta ¿Realmente se habrá matado con 72 años? ¿Por qué en un armario? Y si fue así ¿Qué fue lo que le llevó a hacerlo?.
RIP David Carradine : Actor Dies in Bangkok Hotel Room
Thursday, June 4, 2009
RIP David Carradine 1936-2009
The man who played "Bill" in the cult film series Kill Bill, David Carradine, has died.
Reports in the US say actor David Carradine died of natural causes, but Thai authorities reportedly say David Carridine committed suicide...Developing story.
When contacted, Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager, says the actor was shooting a new movie in Bangkok and Binder believes he died of natural causes.
A report printed in a Thai newspaper said Carradine actually took his own life...more as we get it.
David Carradine was found dead in his Bangkok, Thailand hotel room, he was 73.
Reports published in Thailand's The Nation newspaper say David Carradine was staying at a Suite in Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road in Bangkok. Carradine had been at the upscale hotel since June 2.
The crew of the film Carradine was working, 'Stretch', were Wednesday night aware of his absence, but believed the actor had simply retired to his hotel room when he did not show up to dinner at a restaurant on Sathorn Road, the newpaper said.
A Park Nai Lert hotel maid opened his suite on Thursday morning at 10 am local time, she found Carradine deadd in a closet and half naked. Another report said it was actually a producer of the film Stretch that found Carradine's body.
The Nation said a police investigation showed that he hung himself with a rope ripped off the hotel room curtains. Police said he was dead for not less than 12 hours and found no sign of fighting and assaults.
A BBC news reporter in the Thai capital who knew David Carradine said the death of the Kung Fu actor was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."
Born in Hollywood David Carradine began his acting career on stage, learning drama at University in San Francisco.
David Carradine is known for his roles as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu (as well as the sequels in the 1980s and 1990s), as well as 'Big' Bill Shelly in Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha (1972), folksinger Woody Guthrie in Bound for Glory (1976), Abel Rosenberg in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg (1977), and as Bill in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vols. 1 & 2 (2003, 2004)
RIP David Carradine 1936-2009
The man who played "Bill" in the cult film series Kill Bill, David Carradine, has died.
Reports in the US say actor David Carradine died of natural causes, but Thai authorities reportedly say David Carridine committed suicide...Developing story.
When contacted, Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager, says the actor was shooting a new movie in Bangkok and Binder believes he died of natural causes.
A report printed in a Thai newspaper said Carradine actually took his own life...more as we get it.
David Carradine was found dead in his Bangkok, Thailand hotel room, he was 73.
Reports published in Thailand's The Nation newspaper say David Carradine was staying at a Suite in Room 352 of the Park Nai Lert Hotel on Wireless Road in Bangkok. Carradine had been at the upscale hotel since June 2.
The crew of the film Carradine was working, 'Stretch', were Wednesday night aware of his absence, but believed the actor had simply retired to his hotel room when he did not show up to dinner at a restaurant on Sathorn Road, the newpaper said.
A Park Nai Lert hotel maid opened his suite on Thursday morning at 10 am local time, she found Carradine deadd in a closet and half naked. Another report said it was actually a producer of the film Stretch that found Carradine's body.
The Nation said a police investigation showed that he hung himself with a rope ripped off the hotel room curtains. Police said he was dead for not less than 12 hours and found no sign of fighting and assaults.
A BBC news reporter in the Thai capital who knew David Carradine said the death of the Kung Fu actor was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."
Born in Hollywood David Carradine began his acting career on stage, learning drama at University in San Francisco.
David Carradine is known for his roles as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu (as well as the sequels in the 1980s and 1990s), as well as 'Big' Bill Shelly in Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha (1972), folksinger Woody Guthrie in Bound for Glory (1976), Abel Rosenberg in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg (1977), and as Bill in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vols. 1 & 2 (2003, 2004)
Hotel Chain NYLO Channels Donald Trump
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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Work hard for four days straight without pay and you might land a job at the end of it. That's the offer on the table from Atlanta-based NYLO Hotels, an 18-month-old boutique chain that caters to the hip and modern, yet budget-conscious business traveler. CEO John Russell was so inspired by Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" that he decided to host his own version at the NYLO in Rhode Island.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Work hard for four days straight without pay and you might land a job at the end of it. That's the offer on the table from Atlanta-based NYLO Hotels, an 18-month-old boutique chain that caters to the hip and modern, yet budget-conscious business traveler. CEO John Russell was so inspired by Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" that he decided to host his own version at the NYLO in Rhode Island.
Plans for Wadi al-Joz Hotel Approved by Jerusalem Zoning Committee Author
The Jerusalem zoning committee approved a plan for a hotel to be built in Wadi al-Joz in an area that holds various stores and a Palestinian kindergarten. The stores and the school will have to be demolished in order for the hotel to be built.
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The Jerusalem zoning committee approved a plan for a hotel to be built in Wadi al-Joz in an area that holds various stores and a Palestinian kindergarten. The stores and the school will have to be demolished in order for the hotel to be built.
The plot of land is owned by the Jerusalem municipality, and the hotel will be built by the state-backed Jerusalem Development Authority.
The plan apparently allows for store owners to rent space within the hotel complex, which will include an open-air pedestrian plaza, but how the price of the rent as well as the fate of the kindergarten has not been addressed.
The timing of the committee approval comes only a couple of days after Prime Minister Netanyahu’s public refusal to heed to the US demands that Israel stops settlement development. The plot of land in question is on the Palestinian side of the Green Line, so Israeli construction is illegal according to international law.
Stubbornness from Israel has caused many to anticipate more firm action from the Obama administration. His speech in Cairo tomorrow, 4 June, will hopefully help shed light on his plans for moving forward with a plan for the Middle East.
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The Jerusalem zoning committee approved a plan for a hotel to be built in Wadi al-Joz in an area that holds various stores and a Palestinian kindergarten. The stores and the school will have to be demolished in order for the hotel to be built.
The plot of land is owned by the Jerusalem municipality, and the hotel will be built by the state-backed Jerusalem Development Authority.
The plan apparently allows for store owners to rent space within the hotel complex, which will include an open-air pedestrian plaza, but how the price of the rent as well as the fate of the kindergarten has not been addressed.
The timing of the committee approval comes only a couple of days after Prime Minister Netanyahu’s public refusal to heed to the US demands that Israel stops settlement development. The plot of land in question is on the Palestinian side of the Green Line, so Israeli construction is illegal according to international law.
Stubbornness from Israel has caused many to anticipate more firm action from the Obama administration. His speech in Cairo tomorrow, 4 June, will hopefully help shed light on his plans for moving forward with a plan for the Middle East.
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