Bruce Lee was born in San
Francisco on November 27, 1940 in the year of the Dragon while his father was
on tour with the Chinese Opera.
Lee was raised, however, in Hong Kong where he
began his first formal training in martial arts with Wing Chung Master, Yip Man
when he was 13. At the age of 18, Bruce Lee returned to the United States and
attended the University of Washington in Seattle where, as a philosophy
student, he began to train students in the art of the Chinese Gung Fu. Lee met
his wife Linda during this time and opened his first school, the Jun Fan Gung
Fu Institute
Lee later opened schools in Oakland and Los
Angeles while he and Linda raised their son, Brandon, and daughter, Shannon.
Lee quickly began to develop new ideas about martial arts and training based on
many of his experiences, leading him to the creation of his own art called Jeet
Kune Do. Bruce Lee went on to train many private celebrity students, such as
Steve McQueen and James Coburn, and became a celebrity in his own right with
his entree into American media via The Green Hornet and, of course, his later
films, which catapulted him to iconic status. Bruce Lee’s life, however, was
cut short when he died on July 20, 1973 in Hong Kong from a cerebral edema
caused by an allergic reaction to a pain medication. Lee was 32. His final
resting place is Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.
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