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Linda was a few credits short from graduation. They had two children, Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee. Bruce Lee died suddenly on July 20, 1973, of an allergic reaction to an analgesic. [9] [10] 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.
A major source for the film's screenplay, which was written by director Rob Cohen in cooperation with Edward Khmara and John Raffo, was Linda Lee Cadwell's biography Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew. [6] Other sources included Robert Clouse's book Bruce Lee: The Biography, and original research by Khmara and Cohen.
The book was written very close to the time of Bruce Lee's death, thus being very close in Cadwell's memories. It is different from the one she wrote many years later. The book was then the basis for the movie Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story starring Jason Scott Lee (no relation) as Bruce Lee and Lauren Holly as Linda Emery (her maiden name). [2]
A 1998 Los Angeles Times story marking the 25th anniversary of Lee's death brought a strong written rebuttal from his widow, Linda Lee Cadwell. The story went a bit further than the autopsy had ...
Before his untimely death, however, Lee and his wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, had two children, Shannon and Brandon, the latter of whom died in 1993 after he was fatally shot by a prop gun on set of ...
But the actor's mother, Linda Lee Cadwell, filed a negligence lawsuit naming producers and 13 other corporations and individuals. The suit, which also included Hutton, was settled for an ...
Brandon was born on February 1, 1965, at East Oakland Hospital in Oakland, California, [1] the son of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee (1940–1973) and Linda Lee Cadwell (née Emery). [2] [3] From a young age, Lee learned martial arts from his father, who was a well known practitioner and a martial arts movie star.
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.