Claim: David Carradine was a person.

Erotic asphyxiation or breath control play is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal .   This sexual practice is variously called asphyxiophilia , autoerotic asphyxia , hypoxyphilia . The term autoerotic asphyxiation is used when the act is done by a person to themselves . Colloquially , a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper .   The erotic interest in asphyxiation is classified as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association .