Hundreds honor David Carradine at funeral

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds gathered to honor David Carradine at a sprawling hillside cemetery on Saturday during a funeral that was attended by family, former co-stars and other Hollywood friends.

The invitation-only services were held indoors at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, a 400-acre cemetery laid out adjacent to Los Angeles' Griffith Park.

Mostly gloomy skies prevailed outside, with cold blasts of wind sweeping across the cemetery. The funeral lasted more than two hours and as more than 400 mourners left, clouds parted in the west offering a magnificent sunset.

Guests gathered and hugged outside the hall, where security ensured only invited guests gained entry.


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Among the hundreds of guests were numerous actors, including Michael Madsen, Jane Seymour, Tom Selleck, Frances Fisher, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Edward James Olmos, Ali Larter, and James Cromwell. Rob Schneider also attended, carrying a basket of flowers.

[shadowknows69]

1. Didn't Uma make it?

[AsahinaKimi]

2. He will be missed...

One of many of my favorite actors.. May he at last find peace, and his gentle spirit be free
to play his bamboo flute and roam among the vast stars in the universe.

[mallard]

3. Re: photos taken three days ago in bangkok

Re: searching out for any sense of ... non-resolution ... in this very upsetting case

nat'l pol hq


designated mngmnt ctr - deadly quiet


dark unsettled spirit - engine running in some 'quarters' - waiting for what?


or who?


hope we must ... for the power of the good ...


.... over the bad - army checking up on police - yes


mallard

[wisteria]

4. So sad his life ended this way. May he and his family find peace. n/t

[roguevalley]

5. RIP, David. Thank you.

[Cleita]

6. I was tending bar back when his Kung Fu series was on television.

Many of the young men who were my clientele were vets back from their tour of duty in Viet Nam. All of them watched this show and often discussed it among themselves over beers. They were attracted to the Buddhist teachings that were woven into the show. I think it helped many of them to get their lives back on track after their war experience, which I'm sure had left many of them spiritually bankrupt and disillusioned with life. I wonder if he knew how many lives he had touched with that show?