David Carradine Cause of Death Asphyxiation, Says Medical Examiner

Kung Fu actor David Carradine's June death was the result of asphyxiation, not suicide, a medical examiner hired by his family confirmed Thursday.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden was hired by the Carradine family to complete an independent autopsy after the actor, 72, was found dead June 4 in a Bangkok, Thailand, hotel room. Police reported that the actor's body was found nude, with ropes around his neck, wrist and genitals, fueling speculation that he was killed while engaging in a dangerous sex practice called auto-erotic asphyxiation. Those initial reports were confirmed by Baden.

Now what I find rather interesting here is how the media has chosen to handle Carradine's death as opposed to Michael Jackson's.  Talk about some kind of FREAKY here and yet it's all swept under the rug.  But let Michael Jackson die and everyone and there mother is coming out of the woodwork to speak negatively about him.  Carradine's ex-wife claimed that not ony did she suffer abuse at his hands but that he loved these sexual fetishes.  Now that should be enough to give the late night comedians enough to run with but NOTHING.

And let me not get on to the double standard applied to Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama and the media's approach to their children.