Bruce Lee Dead, 40th Anniversary Since Death Of Martial Arts Film Star (PICTURES)
RIP Bruce Lee: 40 Years Since Death Of Martial Arts Film Star (PICTURES)
Sara C Nelson — Huffington Post UK
Saturday marks 40 years since the death of Enter the Dragon film star Bruce Lee.
Only 32, the martial arts star died in Hong Kong of a cerebral edema caused by an apparent allergic reaction to Equagesic, a painkiller. According to the coroner's report, Lee died "by misadventure."
Lee had suffered from seizures, including one just a month before his death, but popular urban legends persist Lee was murdered by triads, a curse on his family and/or the delayed reaction from Dim Mak strike (The Touch Of Death).
She said: “It’s amazing how many people he touched, inspired to go after things.”
Referring to the documentary I Am Bruce Lee, which she and mother Linda contributed to, she added: “He feels so present through the film, talking, working, laughing. And while the rest of us get old, there he is – frozen in time.”
In a second tragedy for the family, Lee’s son Brandon was killed in an accident during the filming of The Crow in 1993.
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Enter the Dragon made Lee a film superstar
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Bruce Lee publicity portrait, 1972. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Photo of Bruce Lee Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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Photo of Bruce Lee Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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THE GREEN HORNET - Cast Gallery - Shoot Date: June 4, 1966. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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American actor and martial artist Bruce Lee (1940-1973) raises his hands in a defensive stance, during a fight in an unidentified film still. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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THE GREEN HORNET - Cast Gallery - Shoot Date: June 4, 1966. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Bruce Lee (right) in publicity portrait for the television series 'The Green Hornet', 1966. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox TV/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Batman/The Green Hornet Crossover Episode: "A Piece of the Action/Batman's Satisfaction" - Airdates: March 1 & 2, 1966. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)BRUCE LEE;VAN WILLIAMS (credit:Getty)
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Chinese American actor Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973), in the television series 'The Green Hornet', mid 1960s. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Bruce Lee portrays a young thug in an early TV performance circa the mid 1960's in Los Angeles California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, 1973. Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973), born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, was a martial artist and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. He was the father of deceased actor Brandon Lee and of actress Shannon Lee. (credit:PA)
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Bruce Lee is shown in a scene from the 1973 film, "Enter the Dragon," completed shortly before the martial arts stars' death of brain edema in 1973. (credit:PA)
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Bruce Lee is shown in a scene from the 1973 film, "Enter the Dragon," completed shortly before the martial arts stars' death of brain edema in 1973. (credit:PA)