Happy Birthday: David Carradine (1936–2009)

David Carradine (1936–2009)

Born: December 8, 1936 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: June 3, 2009 (age 72) in Bangkok, Thailand

Married to:
Annie Carradine (26 December 2004 – 3 June 2009) (his death)
Marina Anderson (20 February 1998 – 12 December 2001) (divorced)
Gail Jensen (4 December 1988 – 26 January 1997) (divorced)
Linda Gilbert (2 February 1977 – 4 October 1983) (divorced) (1 child)
Donna Lee Becht (29 December 1960 – 21 December 1967) (divorced) (1 child)

[In 1992, on trying to break into Hollywood without relying on his father, (John Carradine)] It took me a long time to realize that he was having a hard time getting jobs himself. But I’m not sure he would have [helped] anyway–you were supposed to make it on your own.

[In 1992] I had a house in the Hollywood Hills that virtually every brother has lived in. It was like this safe harbor. We all took care of each other.

[on Chuck Norris]: How deep can you get into aikido? Aikido’s aikido. Chuck Norris, as you know, has a very heavy competitive background. He’s originally trained in Tang Soo Do, then what he did was competition karate. Chuck is very fast and very precise. I think he’s really good. But I don’t think that the whole thing that is kung fu is even touched on by any of these guys. I just think all they’re into is what they know about fighting and their movie mystiques. I don’t think these guys know anything about the history, the philosophy, the inner truth you’re supposed to be searching for. The stuff that we try to do in Kung Fu, which we did in the old series. That’s why I decided to do it again. It just seemed like nobody’s got the assets. They all thought it was a question of kicking and punching.
 

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