BANGKOK, June 5 -- Thai police officers investigating the death of David Carradine, the American actor who made his name in the "Kung Fu" television series in the 1970s, say he most likely died of asphyxiation, possibly when an autoerotic sex game went wrong.

One of the saddest stories in today's Washington Post outlines the suicide of David B. Kellermann, the Freddie Mac executive who was found dead yesterday. Overstressed, under the pressure of turning the housing giant around, and a long-time employee committed to the agency's success, Mr. Kellerman lost money and privacy. No matter how angry one is at the role of financial executives in the collapse of the world economy, no reasonable person could wish such a tragic end to any one of them.

An unusual article this morning, from the Oregionian in Portland.

Lovelle Svart, who had lung cancer for nearly five years, ended her life under the state's assisted suicide law. She wanted people to think about end-of-life issues so she and her former employer, the Oregonian, posted a video blog about her last days. The paper's editors thought long and hard about the decision.

Some will find the videoblog and stories moving; others will consider it far too intimate for public consumption. What do you think?