there was a service in Hong Kong last week twelve thousand mourners many of
them weeping teenagers jammed police barricades
today's service was much quieter the guests were admitted by invitation only
and there were only 200 of those sent out a few fans without invitations
showed up at the door but they were quietly turned away they waited in small
clusters down the block the invited guests were a mixture of Seattle's
Chinese community and Hollywood both worlds were familiar to lead the leaders
of the Hollywood contingent were Steve McQueen and James Coburn Lee taught both
men his special version of the martial arts at his school in Los Angeles on
July 20th 1973 the greatest martial artist in history was found dead in
autopsy would declare that the cause of death was cerebral edema at the hospital
Bruce Lee was pronounced dead around 11:30 p.m. it was reported that he had
collapsed at home and was found by his wife Linda who if the details presented
it would have been silly to believe that anything out of the ordinary occurred
that night however the media was mislead Lee wasn't home the night that he had
died instead the day the world lost Bruce Lee he was at the home of Betty
ting pay his alleged mistress
on November 27th 1940 in San Francisco California
the greatest martial artists of all time was born Bruce Lee or Li Jun Finn as he
was named with later transcend martial arts and enter legendary status as a
child Lee and his family moved to Hong Kong where Lee would become a child
actor working in over 20 films Bruce was also fond of poetry and danced
competitively belonging to come back to America Lee moved to Seattle as a
teenager in pursuit of a better life Lee found work as an instructor of both
dance and martial arts while attending and finishing high school at University
Bruce met his future wife Linda and started his very own martial arts dojo
where he would create jeet kune do-- the Lee's moved to California so that Bruce
could expand his martial arts business and pursue acting they open to more
dojos and welcomes baby Brandon and Shannon to the world as a pioneer of
martial arts in America Bruce became the victim of scrutiny from martial arts
purists as they accused him of revealing ancient Chinese secrets to Americans
growing tired of the criticism regarding his teaching and no longer desire to
further commercialize his teaching Lee decided to pursue acting full-time as an
actor Bruce Lee was featured in 26 episodes of the hit TV show The Green
Hornet from 1966 to 1967 least artists Kato the trusted sidekick to the main
character the Green Hornet he made several guest appearances and TV shows
in feature films but failed to make it into mainstream at the time Hollywood
did not believe that an Asian lead could draw an American audience
disappointed with the rolls the Hollywood offered me moved back to Hong
Kong to pursue started
in Hong Kong Li would break out and establish himself as a household name
creating a new genre Bruce Lee starred in the BigBoss Chinese connection and
way of the Dragon with great success Lee became the star he had always wanted to
be furthering his success he co-founded Concorde productions with his friend
Raymond chow and finalized their newest film return of the Dragon
shortly after Lee halted conquered productions Game of Death so that he
could join Warner Brothers on his first American feature film Enter the Dragon
despite objections from his business partner and friend Raymond chow
Bruce Lee had aspirations of becoming a star in America and was well on his way
of achieving his lifelong dream one month before the premiere of Enter the
Dragon Lee was set to have dinner with his business partner Raymond chow to
celebrate the continuation of Game of Death
Bruce visited bet eating pays home prior to the dinner party for a pre
celebration complaining of a headache Bruce asked for an aspirin but he gave
him one of her prescription pain medications and Bruce went to lie down
in Betty's bed Bettie later found Bruce unresponsive and immediately caught
child upon arrival to Betty's home chao examined me then called an ambulance so
that Bruce could be taken to a hospital to avoid a scandal child told the media
that Bruce had collapsed at home and was found by his wife Linda Bruce was
pronounced dead at approximately 11:30 p.m. that evening an autopsy revealed
that the cause of death was a cerebral edema or swelling in the brain
several doctors examined Lee's body who could not come to a conclusive
explanation as to what caused the cerebral edema
the contradictory findings led many to believe that there was more to the story
than what was being shared with rumors swirling it was said that Lee was
murdered if Bruce Lee was truly murdered he did it and why could it have been
Chow who killed Bruce there have been several reports that Chow and Lee had a
strained relationship with many arguments on set they disagreed on the
direction of the company many times and were visibly upset with each other a few
months prior to Lee's death briefs had collapsed on set and rather than phoning
an ambulance Chow called his personal doctor to care
for Bruce the day that Bruce died chow attempted to revive Bruce himself
instead of phoning for an ambulance with Lee becoming a star in America
Chow feared that Bruce would leave him behind and dismantle the company with
Bruce gone Chow could gain full control of his
company and would own all the rights to Lee's films keeping all of the proceeds
for himself had Betty poisoned Bruce if so what was her motive Betty was his
mistress and loved Bruce knowing that she would never truly have Bruce's heart
surely Bruce wouldn't leave his family behind to continue a new life with her
did she do it for love did she conspire with Chow to take Bruce out why does she
first contact Chow when she found Lee unconscious instead of calling for an
ambulance and what about the Chinese triads there was rumored that the Triads
had ties to the film industry in Hong Kong and with Lee's popularity growing
the Chinese mafia and movie production companies were losing tons of money
those that couldn't afford to hire Bruce risked going out of business
as Lee was dominating the entertainment industry some speculated that Lee
refused to pay the Triads for protection and as a result became
did the tryouts work with Betty to take goose out who killed goose with Lee's
passing child me to become one of the largest film producers in Hong Kong and
dominated the genre for two decades the general consensus was that Bruce died
from swelling in his brain that could have been the result of several
conditions Reeves had a sweat glands removed from his armpits so that he
wouldn't look as sweaty on camera did Rhys have a heat stroke that led to his
death caused by being unable to regulate his body feet did he have an allergic
reaction to the pain medication he took was Bruce poisoned were the Lee family
men cursed goose had an older brother who died prior to birth Bruce died at a
young age and his son Brennan was tragically killed at only 28 years old
so many questions so little answers the world may never know what caused ruses
death but one thing is for certain Bruce Lee paved the way from martial art
inspired films and is cemented as the greatest martial artists of all time
while Bruce is gone his legacy lives on forever this is what it is okay
I said empty your mind be formless shapeless like water now you put water
into a cup it becomes the cup you put water into a bottle it becomes the
bottle you're putting a teapot it becomes the teapot now water can flow or
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