David Carradine -- Suicidal Tendencies

David CarradineIt's become painfully clear that David Carradine had wrestled with suicidal thoughts long before this morning's tragedy.

In a 2004 interview dug up by the Telegraph Newspaper, the 72-year-old actor revealed that he once considered shooting himself, saying: "Look, there was a period in my life when I had a single action Colt 45, loaded, in my desk drawer.

And every night I'd take it out and think about blowing my head off, and then decide not to and go on with my life. Put it back in the drawer and open up the laptop and continue writing my autobiography or whatever. But it was just to see."


But there's more -- Carradine, who was also a musician, released a song on his website called Big Mack Truck, about a man who considers ending his life by walking into traffic. Here are some of the lyrics:

Does anyone know where I'm going ... does anyone here really care?

David Carradine: Click to listenIf I walk myself on a highway ... would that big mac truck be there?

Big mack truck .. big mack truck ... bearin' down on me.

Big mack truck on a highway .. oh say can you see ... can you see ... can you see?




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31. why don't you just damn all of what is art? It is sad if people draw conclusions from this article, but I do see it in the future used as some weird disinformation proof.

Posted at 2:28PM on Jun 4th 2009 by daily m

32. Snatch the pebbles from my hand no more, Grass-Hopper.
Rest in peace, and may peace find you.
Thanks

Posted at 6:28PM on Jun 4th 2009 by JH

33. blessed be, david

Posted at 1:33PM on Jun 4th 2009 by sidhe

34. this is a murder cover up .someone probably thought he was carring alot of cash on him they broke in and overpowered him then staged the suicide .SHAME ON U TMZ U RATHER TRASH A BRILLIANT ACTOR BUT GIVE THAT WHORE SULEMAN ALL THE GREAT PRESS SHE WANTS > AND WE KNOW SHES NOT ALL THERE TOO BAD SHE WASNT THE ONE ON THE END OF THE CORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:35PM on Jun 4th 2009 by crystal

35. This is unbelievably cruel. Let's say you had suicidal tendencies. Would you want us talking crap about you so soon after your death?! For shame, TMZ. For shame.

Posted at 1:42PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Rorschach

36. OH NO! BOO HOO! Another person with nothing better to do than play make believe has killed himself. What went wrong? Did the maid improperly fold his t-shirt. Was it something the butler said? I guess we will never know. Anyway, two words GOOD and RIDANCE.

Posted at 1:42PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Stan

37. Hey Caradine! Snatch this pebble from my hand ya friggin' stiff.

Posted at 3:14PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Bulbous Billy

38. not true don't believe he did that

Posted at 3:04PM on Jun 4th 2009 by lloyd goode

39. OH NO! BOO HOO! Another person with nothing better to do than play make believe has killed himself. What went wrong? Did the maid improperly fold his t-shirt. Was it something the butler said? I guess we will never know. Anyway, two words GOOD and RIDANCE.

Posted at 1:48PM on Jun 4th 2009 by Stan

40. David Carradine, star of the 1970s television series "Kung Fu." has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.
Read more and see a movie about his life here:David Carradine-film

Posted at 1:49PM on Jun 4th 2009 by blac

41. He was great on Welcome Back Kotter

Posted at 2:00PM on Jun 4th 2009 by D Low

42. Oh, Bull. UNless he just received horrendous news no way does a man like Carradine choose a low class way to die at the top of his game. Bangok is a dirty and dangerous place ..

So what a shoddy headline for TMZ to use. There are few when things are down who don't consider sometimes ending it all. So to generalize and claim he was therefore always aways had suicidal tendencies is a slanderous claim.

This guy was way up there- and hotter than ever. My friend just rented both Kill Bills because they were so great and Carradine was something of a sex symbol to her - if you can believe that for a guy of 72.


Posted at 2:00PM on Jun 4th 2009 by hazmaq

43. We will miss you----you gave the world great scenes from several mediums----carole

Posted at 2:46PM on Jun 6th 2009 by carole hagen

44. The ways that can be named are not the real ways. the paths that can be walked are not the real paths. The big mack truck that can be spoken of is not the real truck. The silence that can be heard is not the real silence.

Posted at 2:15PM on Jun 4th 2009 by The Tao

45. You know who scares me? you people!!!!! the things you write are truly scary and perverse, if you look back and really studied the man you would know that his history was very unstable, let the man rest in peace and some of you people need a lesson in humanity, you talk about tmz and what are you doing but puting your two cents in when you have no idea what you are talking about, how about a rest in peace David and leave it at that

Posted at 2:32PM on Jun 4th 2009 by kelly

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