David Carradine buried in Los Angeles

Published: June 14, 2009 at 10:48 AM
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LOS ANGELES, June 14 (UPI) -- Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral for film and television star David Carradine who was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.

The body of the 72-year-old "Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" actor was discovered June 4 hanging in a hotel closet in Bangkok. The circumstances of his death are still under investigation.

Among the 400 or so mourners at his funeral Saturday were celebrities Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Stacy Keach and Daryl Hannah, as well as Carradine's children; his actor brothers Keith, Bruce and Robert; and various other friends and relatives, People magazine reported.

"It was touching, but light-hearted," Bruce Carradine

told the magazine. "There weren't a lot of tears, but there was a lot of laughter."

"Michael (Madsen) shared a list of rules to live by that David had given him years ago," Bruce added. "These included advice like, 'Never marry a woman named Candy,' and 'Never buy anything from a man who is out of breath.'"

People.com said a hearse carrying the actor's casket was escorted by Hell's Angels members on motorcycles to a chapel on the cemetery grounds where the two-hour funeral service took place.

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