David Carradine died of asphyxiation

July 02, 2009 The medical examiner who oversaw a private autopsy on David Carradine said Wednesday that the "Kung Fu" star died from asphyxiation and the way the actor's body was bound allowed him to rule out suicide. Carradine was found hanging in the closet of his Bangkok hotel suite on June 4, and his family hired New York-based forensic pathologist Michael Baden to conduct a follow-up death investigation to the one handled by Thai authorities. Baden had earlier said the actor's death was not a suicide, but details of autopsies have been scant and on Wednesday Baden stressed that his full determination of how Carradine died will not be ready until at least a week.

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