BRUCE LEE (1940-1973),CHINESE AMERICAN ACTOR AND MARTIAL ARTS EXPERT , WHO POPULARIZED ASIAN FIGHTING MOTION PICTURES WITH HIS STUNNING FIGHT SCENES. LEE DIED SUDDENLY WHILE HE WAS STILL A RISING YOUNG STAR, WHICH ADDED TO HIS GROWING LEGEND AND EVENTUALLY HELPED MAKE HIM AN INTERNATIONAL CULT FIGURE LEE JUN FAN WAS BORN IN SANFRANCISCO CALIFORNIA,WHERE HIS FAMILY WAS STAYING WHILE HIS FATHER , A CHINESE OPERA STAR WAS PERFORMING IN THE U.S . HE WAS FIRST NICKNAMED BRUCE AS A CHILD. LEE GREW UP IN HON KONG , WHERE HE LEARNED MARTIAL ART KUNG FU (RELATED TO KARATE) FROM MASTER YIP MAN AND ACTED IN MOVIES UNDER THE NAME LEE SIU LUNG ( LEE LITTLE DRAGON). HE RETURNED TO THE U.S WHEN HE WAS 18 TO STURDY PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOSHINGTON IN SEATTLE. A SMALL MAN WHO KEPT HIMSELF IN TOP PHYSICAL CONDITION LEE LEFT SCHOOL AFTER THREE YEARS TO TEACH KUNG FU . HE MEET HIS WIFE LINDA AT THE UNIVERSITY HE WAS STUDYING. HE ACTED SOME SMALL ROLES IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS - GREEN HONEST, MARLOWE ETC . IN MID 1960 LEE BEGAN DEVELOPING HIS OWN MARTIAL ARTS STYLE WHICH HE CALLED JEET KUNE DO. THE ORIGINS OF THIS STYLE ARE BOXING AND FENCING. LEE HAD TWO CHILDREN. THEY ARE BRANDON LEE AND SHANON LEE.
IN 1971 HE STARTED ACTING IN THE MARTIAL ART ACTION FILM TANG SHAN DA XIONG(1971 FIST OF FURY ). 1972 JING WU MEN (THE CHINESE CONNECTION) AND MENG LONG GUOJIANG (RETURN OF THE DRAGON). ATTRACTED MORE FANS TO LEE'S WORK. IN 1973 LEE SUFFERED A SUDDEN BRAIN EDEMA AND DIED IN HONG KONG WHERE JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER HIS MOVIE ENTER THE DRAGON WAS RELEASED GAINING LEE POSTHUMOUS INTERNATIONAL FAME GAME OF DEATH WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL 1978. LEE'S MOVIES HELPED POPULARIZE MARTIAL ARTS IN THE WESTERN WORLD AND PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHER FILM FIGHTERS LIKE JACKIE CHAN AND CHUCK NORRIS. THE FILM "THE DRAGON" WAS BASED ON HIS DEATH.
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