David Carradine

David Carradine starred as a half-Chinese, half-Caucasian Shaolin monk, Caine Kwai Chang on the ABC hit TV series Kung Fu (1972–1975) and was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for the role. The show, which took place in the "Old West", helped to popularize the martial arts and Eastern philosophy in the West and immortalized the character of Caine,Kwai Chang often referred to as "Grasshopper", in popular culture.



Early in the 1990s, Carradine once again reprised the role of Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–97) playing the grandson of the original character of the same name.


Later David acted as a bad guy in Kill Bill and that was the different character as he was in Kung Fu. David was report death in a Hotel in Bangkok 3 June 2009, He was widely accepted as accidental asphyxiation. He had five spouses in his 72 years of life.

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