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Researchers challenge Bruce Lee's cause of death, positing that his brain swelling was caused by low sodium due to chronic elevated water intake. Kidney specialists float a new theory after ...
Bruce Lee [b] (born Lee Jun-fan; [c] November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher.He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from Lee's experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.
Shannon Emery Lee Keasler (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress, businesswoman, singer, and martial artist.She is the only living child of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, and is the younger sister and the only sibling of actor Brandon Lee.
They had two children, Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee. Bruce Lee died suddenly on July 20, 1973, of an allergic reaction to an analgesic. [8] [9] Linda married Tom Bleecker in 1988, and they divorced in 1990. She later wed stockbroker Bruce Cadwell in 1991 and they lived in Rancho Mirage, California. [citation needed]
Half a century after his death, Bruce Lee remains a symbol of physical strength and masculinity for the Asian community and an icon of cinema in the 20th century.
"Lee died at the age of 32 in Hong Kong on 20 July 1973, under mysterious circumstances," the paper states, leaning into the mythology around the actor's death. "Up to now, the cause of Bruce Lee ...
The other two are Dan Inosanto and James Yimm Lee (no relation to Bruce Lee). [citation needed] After Bruce Lee's death on July 20, 1973, Kimura was also one of six pallbearers at his funeral, the other five being: Dan Inosanto, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Peter Chin and Robert Lee, Bruce's brother. [citation needed]
From left to right: Bruce Lee's mother, Grace Ho, his wife Linda Lee Cadwell and their children Brandon and Shannon celebrate Bruce Lee Day circa 1979, six years after Lee's death.