Even though Bruce Lee died nearly a half-century ago, he lives on in film and lore.
There are big names in the world of Martial Arts, people like Jackie Chan and Chuck Norris. But there’s only one original–Bruce Lee.
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Bruce Lee was born Lee Jun-fan on November 27th, 1940 in San Francisco, California, the son of Chinese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen. Soon after he was born, the Lee family moved back to China, where Lee began appearing in movies as a child actor. At age 18, Lee moved back to the States where he enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle.
From there, Bruce’s acting career took off with the TV series, The Green Hornet. He later starred in films, including The Way Of The Dragon and Enter The Dragon.
He choreographed fight scenes, directed films, and helped Norris begin his career. Lee’s style was Wing Chun.
Lee’s life ended early. On July 20th, 1973, he was having dinner with colleagues to work on a script. Complaining of a headache, one of the colleagues gave him an aspirin and the tranquilizer meprobamate. Lee then took a nap from which he never awoke. Lee was gone at the age of 32.
Even though Lee’s death left a big hole in the world of kung fu, here we are–nearly a half-century later–remembering him and his many contributions.
