A former senior NASA official died in the process of performing a dangerous sexual act upon himself, police in Thailand said.

Coroner-to-the-stars Michael Baden says David Carradine's death was not a suicide, and was caused by asphyxiation. You don't say?

On Sunday the New York Post ran an article in which attorney Mark Geragos suggested that David Carradine was murdered by "groups working in the martial-arts underworld" and "secret societies of martial artists." We know what that's code for! Ninjas! Reports the Post:

Quentin Tarantino, Michael Madsen, and Rob Schneider went on Larry King last night to remember their friend David Carradine. They said he would never commit suicide. So, Larry asked, what's the deal with the rope? Awkward silence.

When Kung Fu simulator David Carradine was found hanged to death in Bangkok hotel room closet Wednesday, suicide was reasonably suspected. But now, evidence seems to be pointing to one of those grisly masturbation accidents: