Remembering David Carradine

Fresh Air

Published June 4, 2009 at 2:39 PM EDT

Seventy-two-year-old actor David Carradine was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok. He was best known for his role in Kill Bill: Vol 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 and the Kung Fu TV series.

Fresh Air remembers Carradine with this archival interview, originally broadcast Sept. 13, 1991.

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