"HISTORY OF BRUCE LEE " :) THE ACTOR MARSHAL ART" :) @ On this day - TopicsExpress



          

"HISTORY OF BRUCE LEE " :) THE ACTOR MARSHAL ART" :) @ On this day in 1973, the actor and martial-arts expert Bruce Lee dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller. During Lee’s all-too-brief career, he became a movie star in Asia and, posthumously, in America. Jun Fan (Bruce) Lee was born on November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, California. At the time, his father, a Chinese opera star, was on tour in the United States. The family moved back to Hong Kong in 1941. Growing up, Lee was a child actor who appeared in some 20 Chinese films; he alsostudied dancing and trained in the Wing Chun style of gungfu (also known as “kung fu”). In 1959, Lee returned to America, where he eventually attended the University of Washington and opened a martial-arts school in Seattle. In 1964, Lee married Linda Emery, who in 1965 gave birthto Brandon Lee, the first of thecouple’s two children. In 1966,the Lees moved to Los Angelesand Bruce appeared on the television programThe Green Hornet(1966-1967), playing the Hornet’s acrobatic sidekickKato. Lee also appeared in karate tournaments around the United States and continued to teach martial artsto private clients including the actor Steve McQueen. In search of better acting rolesthan Hollywood was offering, Lee returned to Hong Kong in the early 1970sand successfully established himself as a star in Asia with the action moviesThe Big Boss(1971) andThe Way of the Dragon(1972), which he wrote, directed and starred in.Lee’s next film,Enter the Dragon, was released in the United States by Hollywood studio Warner Bros. in August 1973. Tragically, Lee had died one month earlier, on July 20, in Hong Kong, after suffering abrain edema believed to be caused by an adverse reactionto a pain medication.Enter theDragonwas a box-office hit, eventually grossing more than$200 million, and Lee posthumously became a movie icon in America. Lee’s body was returned to Seattle, where he was buried. His sudden death at the youngage of 32 led to rumors and speculation about the cause ofhis demise. One theory held that Lee had been murdered by Chinese gangsters while another rumor circulated that the actor had been the victim of a curse. The family-curse theory resurfaced when Lee’s 28-year-old son Brandon, whohad followed in his father’s footsteps to become an actor, died in an accidental shooting on the set of the movieThe Crowon March 31, 1991. The younger Lee was buried next to his father at Seattle’s Lake
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:33:09 +0000

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