Todays quote is from one of the kings of martial arts: “DO NOT PRAY FOR AN EASY LIFE, PRAY FOR THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE A DIFFICULT ONE”. - Bruce Lee. He was born in November 27, 1940 in California, USA and was Lee Jun Fan, the fourth child of a Chinese father, Lee Hoi-Chuen. Bruce Lee married Linda Emery in 1964. They had two children together. Unfortunately, one of his sons, also an actor, was fatally shot in 1993 while on the set of “The Crow” by a gun that supposedly had blanks in it. Lee’s father was a Hong Kong opera singer who was on tour in San Francisco when he was born, making Lee a U.S. citizen. Three months later, the family returned to Hong Kong. When Lee was 12 years old, he enrolled in La Salle College and later at St. Francis Xavier’s College. His father was his first martial arts instructor, teaching the Wu style of Tai Chi Chuan to him. Beyond kung fu, Lee also trained in western boxing where he won the 1958 boxing championship. Lee opened his first martial arts school in Seattle, USA and he also opened two more schools after moving to California also in USA. Bruce Lee appeared in his first film at three months of age, acting as a stand-in for an American baby in “Golden Gate Girl”. All told, he made about 20 appearances in films as a child actor. He studied philosophy at the University of Washington. He taught martial arts there as well, and that was how he met his wife. Bruce Lee made some American headlines as an actor in the television series, “The Green Hornet”, which aired from 1966-67. He returned to Hong Kong in 1971. There, Lee became a huge film star, starring in movies like”Fists of Fury”, “The Chinese Connection”, and “Way of the Dragon”. On July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong at the age of 32. The official cause of his death was a brain edema. Controversy swelled regarding his death. He had been obsessed with the idea that he might die early, leaving many wondering if hed been murdered. One month after his death in the United States, the film “Enter the Dragon” came out in the U.S., eventually grossing over $200 million.
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