A tragic piece of news.

The actor David Carradine has died, at the age of 72. From reports coming in from Thailand, where he had been filming his latest movie, Stretch, there are no suspicious circumstances to his death, and he was discovered by a maid in his hotel room.

Carradine shot to fame in the 1970s, in the TV series Kung Fu. He played Kwai Chang Caine, a part he earned a Golden Globe nomination for, in what remains his most fondly remembered and successful role.

However, his career also spanned over 100 films. Recently, of course, he shot back to major fame with his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films, for which he won a Saturn Award and was nominated for another Golden Globe. Even more recently, he was seen in Crank: High Voltage, and some more of his most remembered work can be found in the mini-series North & South, and the film Bound For Glory.

But truthfully, he crossed so many projects and so many genres, that everyone is going to have a different favourite.

Whichever is yours, it might be worth giving it a spin this weekend. And cheers for everything, David…