Fellow "Long Rider", rides into the Sunset

[Dr Buck Montgomery]

Always disturbing news when someone passes on in a rather shocking manner. Even more shocking when it was someone that you knew, and in my case, had the pleasure of working with (doing Stunt work), in what thankfully has now been recognized as a top ten Western...The Long Riders. I met the late (boy that feels strange) David Carradine in Northern CA, we were shooting the Train sequence using the Jamestown train...(I had the honors of running across the train cars for brother Bobby)...It had been a long time since we had crossed trails...but our pathes crossed a few monthes back, at a Hollywood Western event...Dang', his memory was better than mine, as we took a verbal trip down "Long Rider" lane...I'd forgot about him having "Horse Trouble" during the filming...a few funny stories were created because of it (but I won't dabble in those right now)...I just wanted to say, Adios Amigo, it was great know'n and ride'n with ya into the West (even though it was the Silver Screen West)...But heck, arn't Movie Westerns one of the thick threads that are helping keep our Wild West Heritage alive?...For David, how about we all go out and pick up a copy of Long Riders (dang' y'all probably already have a copy, right?), and sit a spell, root'n for the outlaw Cole & the Younger Bros.!!!.........Adios for now, Dr Buck Montgomery

[Santee]

A sad day.

[Will Killem]

Goodbye, David. Vaya Con Dios, Amigo.

[David]

Appreciated Buck's comments. Always better insight when it comes from someone that had a personal contact. Memories are the things that make us all immortal. Perhaps Buck and others will share a few, so those of us that enjoyed David's movies (I always liked him better as a hero rather than a bad guy!) will get to know him better as a person.

[Dr Buck Montgomery]

I gotta tell ya, it's so nice to hear all the sincere, genuine, kind words about my (our) pard' David...If here's see'n or feelin' these thoughts, you can bet he's wearin' that trade mark "smirk" of a smile right now...I was actully tossin' around the idea of trying to have a "Long Rider" cast reunion of sorts { the Carradine Brothers, ala the Younger Bros} at my next Event...still may. I'll keep y'all posted, once again, Thanks for remembering him.

[Patrick Johnson]

It is such a tragedy. I am a fan of the entire Carradine families contributions to film, and their love of Western history.

[Eric James]

I recall David from the early 1970s when he was living in Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, still trying to crawl out from under the notoriety of his father, John Carridine. In that respect David was very much like Jesse James Jr. David did find his way out, however. Today I saw a clip of David while he was shooting a film with Quentin Tarrantino. David remarked about Tarrantino that everyone thinks he's crazy, but Tarrantino really knows the movie biz. I coun't help but think David could have been talking about himself. One afternoon I spent a couple of hours drinking with his father John Carradine in a bar on the Sunset Strip. John's mind was truly gone, but he was charming regardless. I couldn't pull myself away. He had to leave the bar first. David, however, acquired his zen spirit to be a much more sttled soul than his father. But David definitely had his wild side. The particulars of his death are not surprising.