{"id":324012,"date":"2026-03-11T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324012\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:43:08","slug":"actor-robert-carradines-ashes-to-be-scattered-at-sea-after-cremation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324012\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Robert Carradine\u2019s ashes to be scattered at sea after cremation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cIn a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon of light to everyone around him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby\u2019s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
Robert Carradine’s death prompted his family to call for greater awareness of mental health. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time we ask for the privacy to grieve this unfathomable loss. With gratitude for your understanding and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carradine had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder after the death of his brother David Carradine, who died in 2009, aged 72.<\/p>\n
In the weeks before his death, Robert Carradine had been preparing to begin work on a film project titled The Driver.<\/p>\n
Director Connie Lamothe told the Daily Mail that the actor had been expected to play the mafia crime leader Antonio Politano in the production.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last conversation was positive and upbeat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The film-maker said Carradine had spoken with members of the production team in mid-January and appeared ready to begin work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was nothing that suggested otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carradine was part of a prominent acting family and had worked in film and television for decades.<\/p>\n
His daughter, Ever Carradine, 50, is also an actor.<\/p>\n
She was born during her father\u2019s relationship with actor Susan Snyder.<\/p>\n
Robert Carradine later married Edith Mani and the couple had two children, Marika Carradine and Ian Carradine.<\/p>\n
Robert and Edith were married for 25 years before divorcing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIn a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon of light to everyone around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3376,74,5272,1975,5195,174843,430,174844,156,111,139,69,3046,122657,3008,61,1533],"class_list":["post-324012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-actor","tag-after","tag-ashes","tag-at","tag-be","tag-carradines","tag-celebrities","tag-cremation","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-robert","tag-scattered","tag-sea","tag-to","tag-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}