Bruce Lee died at age 32 on this day

Today, I would like to take you back in the life and achievement of one of the most known and beloved icons in history of this world. In 1960’s this man has created his name towards movies. Especially to the martial arts field, this man has made a blue print or somewhat making the field more colorful and interesting. Probably, all of that generation  has known him well, regarding his movies and also the details of his life as an artist. But also most of us knows, the theories that surrounds its death causes and the question who did it and why.

                               

I’m talking about Jun Fan, popularly known as Bruce Lee. He was born in San Francisco, California on November 27, 1940, to a Chinese opera star who is his father. A yearlater his family moved back in Hong Kong , there he started his career studying dancing and trained in the Win Chun style of gung fu popularly known as kung fu. He then appeared in about 20 films as a child actor. Few years after, he returned to America and meets his wife there named Linda Emery, they married in 1964 and by 1965, there first children was born naming it Brandon Lee. In 1966, Lee appeared in a television program named “Green Hornet” as a sidekick of the Hornet named Kato. From then on he has private clients and also joined karate tournaments around the United States.

                                In 1970’s, Lee went back to Hong Kong and successfully established himself as a star. The movies like “The Big Boss” and also “The Way of the Dragon” as a director, a writer and also starred in the said movie. A film was released in Hollywood called “Enter the Dragon” around August of 1973. This movie became a box office hit. Earning Lee as an icon in America that time, which the movie grossed about 200 million dollars. This was really known and almost watched by most of the Americans.

                         

On July 20, 1973, Lee died one month earlier before the movie was released in Hollywood. His cause of death was ruled out as brain edema caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller.  Lots of speculation came out like Lee was murdered by Chinese gangsters and a even a curse came out as a cause of his death. A curse controversy came out only when his son Brandon Lee died also at a young age of 28.  Brandon died of an accidental shooting on a set of the movie “The Crow” in 1991.  Both of the Lee’s were buried in a cemetery in Seattle Washington.


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