Final Goodbye for David Carradine

David Carradine (usmagazine.com)

Although it was a moment of sadness, but hundreds united to give their final goodbyes to David Carradine.

About 400 people who are Carradine’s family, guests, and former co-stars including Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lucy Liu and Ali Larter gathered at a sprawling hillside cemetery in Los Angeles Saturday evening to say goodbye to their fellow actor who died eleven days ago.

The invitation-only services were held in an indoor chapel at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, a 400-acre cemetery laid out adjacent to Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. Carradine’s funeral drew mourners in all manner of dress, including kilts, Native American headdresses, leather fringe jackets, sandals and multi-colored cowboy boots. It lasted more than two hours.

His brothers, children and friends stood and shared memories of the actor with the crowd. A photo montage of the 72-year-old star’s life was projected on a big screen and two of his children performed on the piano and harp.

In the ceremony, his best friend Michael Madsen shared David’s list of rules that he once gave to him. As Carradine’s older brother Bruce said, “Michael shared a list of rules to live by that David had given him years ago. These included advice like, ‘Never marry a woman named Candy,’ and ‘Never buy anything from a man who is out of breath.’ ” That’s why Bruce said (about the ceremony), “It was touching, but light-hearted. There weren’t a lot of tears, but there was a lot of laughter.”

A white hearse containing Carradine’s casket arrived at the cemetery around 3 p.m., accompanied by an escort of Hell’s Angels on motorcycles. A group of Lakota tribal members also burned incense outside the chapel and gave blessings to a number of funeral-goers. Then, the Kill Bill star’s casket was taken to his grave site.

Carradine’s death is still full of mystery. The investigation into the cause of his death is ongoing, especially after a private pathologist said suicide had been ruled out as a cause of death. Hopefully the mystery will soon be solved.

Goodbye Kwai Cang Caine, we’ll miss you.

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