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- ↑ "Round Table Discussion: YOU AND ME and AMERICANA". Temple of Schlock. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ↑ David Carradine, King of 'Kung Fu': Hot Water Again? By TOM BURKE. New York Times 29 Apr 1973: 141.
- ↑ "David Carradine". Discogs. 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
