Bruce Lee Could Flow Like Water And Spin Nun chucks Like No One Else.
Thanks To His Mind-blowing Kicks And Lightning-fast Speed, The Man Became A Star In
Just A Few Years.
But In An Unfortunate Twist Of Fate, Bruce Lee Never Lived To See His Big Moment.
Here's The Truth Behind Bruce Lee's Tragic Death.
Bruce Lee Was Practically Made For The Movies.
As A Kid Growing Up In Hong Kong, Lee Was A Prolific Child Actor, Playing Around
20 Films.
And When He Moved Back To His Birth Country Of The United States, He Opened Martial Arts
Schools, Taught Stars Including Steve Mcqueen, And Even Donned A Black Mask And Started Fighting
Crime.
Playing Cato, On The Green Hornet, Lee Introduced Kung Fu To The American Mainstream.
Unfortunately, The Series Only Lasted 26 Episodes And Failed To Launch Him Into The Big Time.
Frustrated By Hollywood Executives Passing Him Over Or Giving Him Bit Parts, Lee Packed
He is Bags And Returned To Hong Kong, Where He Discovered He Was The Most Famous Man Alive.
The Green Hornet Was So Popular In His Homeland That It Was Known As The Cato, Show, And Soon
Lee Was Getting Leading Man Parts In Hong Kong Films.
Lee's First Film As A Lead Actor Was The Big Boss, Which Became The Highest-grossing Movie
In Hong Kong History.
It Held That Record Until Lee's Second Film, Fist Of Fury, Came Along.
Soon After, Lee Even Got A Chance To Direct, Working On Both Sides Of The Camera For Way
Of The Dragon.
After Just Three Films, Lee Was Suddenly The King Of Asian Cinema, And Hollywood Finally
Decided They Wanted To Be In The Bruce Lee Business.
When Bruce Lee Started Breaking Asian Box Office Records, Warner Brothers Gave Him A Call.
This Was Lee's Big Hollywood Moment — And Enter The Dragon Was What Resulted.
His First English-language Movie, Enter The Dragon, Was The Perfect Film Showcase For Lee's
Philosophy, Charisma, And Fighting Abilities.
The Plot Finds Lee Playing A Shaolin Warrior Tasked With Sailing To An Island Fortress,
Joining A Martial Arts Competition, And Busting The Drug Lord Running The Show.
With On-screen Backup From Uber-cool Jim Kelly And A Groovy Score From Lao, Schwerin, Lee
Crafted A Kung Fu Flick That Is Still Counted As One Of The Best Action Movies Ever Made.
And When The Film Hit Theaters In August 1973, It Became A Box Office Smash, Nabbing $20
A Million And Earning The Top Spot Internationally.
Bruce Lee Had Finally Hit The Big Time — But By That Point, He Wasn't Around To Enjoy His
Newfound Fame.
With His Bulging Biceps And Incredible Abs, Bruce Lee Was What You Might Call A "physical
Specimen."
Whether He Was Skipping Rope, Circuit Training, Or Doing Isometric Exercises, Lee Was Constantly
Working On His Superhero Physique.
"As An Actor, As A Martial Artist, As A Human Being
All These I Have Learned From Martial Arts."
The Man Seemed Absolutely Unstoppable, But Despite His Amazing Build And Unbelievable
Speed, The Little Dragon, Was Actually Suffering From Some Major Health Issues.
On May 10th, 1973, An Exhausted Lee Was Working On The Post-production Of Enter The Dragon.
He Was Doing Some Dubbing In A Hong Kong Studio Booth When He Suddenly Keeled Over And Began
Shaking And Vomiting.
Lee Was Rushed To The Hospital, And It Took Him A Couple Of Days To Regain The Ability, To Speak.
After He Was Feeling Better, Lee Got An Extensive Checkup, But Doctors Weren't Sure What Had Happened.
They Knew He'd Suffered From Cerebral Edema — Which Is When Fluids Build Up Around The
Brain, Causing It To Swell — But They Weren't Sure What Had Caused It.
It Was A Shocking Moment For The 32-year-old Lee, Who Always Looked Nigh-on Invincible
On The Big Screen.
Sadly, It Was A Harbinger Of Things To Come.
Bruce Lee Died On July 20th, 1973, At Just 32 Years Of Age.
But How Did He Spend His Last Day On Earth?
Lee Was Busy With His Upcoming Film, Game Of Death, And He Was Meeting With George Latency,
Hoping To Get The James Bond Actor On Board.
After Talking With Latency, Lee Did Some Hash With A Buddy And Then Drove To His Mistress
Betty Ting Pei's Apartment.
The Two Spent The Next Couple Hours In Bed And Getting High, Only Pausing When Lee's
Producer, Raymond Chow, Showed Up At The Door — And Lee Began Eagerly Acting Out Scenes
From Game Of Death.
That's When Things Took A Tragic Turn.
Lee Started Feeling Dizzy And His Head Began Hurting.
So Ting Pei Offered Lee An Equates, Pill — A Prescription Drug That's A Part Painkiller
And Part Tranquilizer — And After Taking It, Lee Went Into Ting Pei's Bedroom To Rest.
Chow Took Off, Leaving The Two Alone, And Ting Pei Let Her Lover Sleep For A Few Hours.
Unfortunately, When She Finally Went To Wake Him Up, The Dragon Was Unresponsive.
Freaked Out, Ting Pei Called Chow For Help, But Even Though A Doctor And Paramedics Rushed
To The Scene, They Were Too Late.
Bruce Lee, The Great Movie Star And Martial Artist Died In His Sleep, About A Month
Before entering, The Dragon Would Hit That,
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