Sad business this.  I just saw a news flash from CNN saying,
“‘Kung Fu’ star David Carradine has been found dead in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, according to his manager.“
I remember in college in the early 70’s, I’d come home every weekday intent to watch the newest re-run of ‘Kung Fu’.  I just couldn’t get enough of the martial arts philosophy that permeated the stories.  To this day, some of us refer to each other as ‘Grasshopper’ when we’re explaining something.
As I recall from reading some years ago, Carradine and his brother had interesting personal lives as well growing up in the Hollywood world just as the psychedelic revolution was cresting.
Just the other day, I signed up on NetFlix for DVDs of the first season of ‘Kung-Fu’.  I’m sure they will be just that much more poignant now.
I studied Northen Sholin Kung fu an d Tai chi withe david at the Omega institute in Rhinebeck ny he was great as a person. I wish he had pursued more of the art, he probably would still be alive!