Is it possible that 2 great martial artists may possibly still be alive but in hiding? Bruce and Brandon Lee??

Question

I looked them up on IMDB and seen that Bruce Lees latest film was dated in '81, and Brandon Lee had a cameo in a movie made in 2000. Brandon and Bruce Lee both "died" 20 years apart. Bruce in 73 and Brandon in 93. It does make a person wonder what they are up to today if they are or would be still alive.

Answer 1

On the 10th May 1973, the trouble for Bruce Lee had begun. While dubbing the sound effects for "Enter the Dragon", he passed out for a whole half an hour. He went to the hospital, and was prescribed the drug Manatol. It was used to reduce an apparent brain swelling.

On July 20th 1973, Bruce had arranged to meet Raymond Chow along with actress Betty Ting Pei who would star in "Game of Death". He stopped off at Betty`s house and told her that he had a headache. She gave him an Aquagesic (a painkiller that she regularly used ). Bruce laid down in her bed and went to sleep. During his sleep, the brain swelling returned and triggered an allergy to the painkiller called a cerebral edema.
Later Betty tried to wake him but couldn't. Panicking, she called Raymond Chow, who came over and called the doctor. Bruce was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth hospital, barely alive. The ambulance crew was fighting to resuscitate him, but Bruce was pronounced "dead on arrival".

As the news spread across the world, people talked about nothing else, refusing to believe it. Bruce had two funerals, one in Hong Kong and one in the U.S. Over 27,000 people attended his funeral, few could hide their grief. People were just breaking down and crying when they saw him in the open coffin. A banner was placed amongst the many tributes reading "A star sinks in a Sea of Art".
When the press found out that Bruce had died at Betty`s house, they were quick to speculate that Bruce had died while they were having sex. To this day vicious rumours are still spread across the world. At the airport, Linda broke her silence and told Hong Kong to drop it and that she blamed nobody, and that Bruce had died of natural causes.
His funeral in Seattle was attended by all his friends, family and former students. James Coburn and Steve McQueen acted as pallbearers. Should you wish to watch the funeral, you can find it on the documentary (Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend). Finally on July 31st, 1973, Bruce was laid to rest in Seattle at the Lake View Cemetary.
His and Brandon's graves are regularly visited by people from all over the world. There are ALWAYS fresh flowers on their graves each day. Some day, I too will place mine there and pay my respect to my favourite person in the whole world.


Soon after the funeral, as the wild rumours continued, the autopsy results were that Bruce had died of a cerebral adema in reaction to the painkiller that he had taken... The result was death by misadventure.

For years Betty Ting Pei had kept quiet, ignoring the insults thrown at her until in 1983 when she first broke her silence on a TV show and told the world that she would never have done anything to hurt Bruce as he was a very good friend. But the rumours are STILL going on. Some I've heard are that a Chinese mafia gang arranged his death, who supposedly had control over all of the Chinese actors. Another says that he'd been killed by Shaolin monks for teaching the secrets to the outsiders.
Another rumour is the curse. Bruce supposedly was haunted by personal demons. He had premonitions that he would die at half his father's age of 64 (which he did at 32). Also a protector of evil blew off his roof to warn away evil spirits. The same thing happened to the previous occupants of his house and disaster had befallen them. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's basketball number was 33, Bruce would have been 33 that year in November... The rumours just go on. Personaly I believe in the cerebral edema; the swelling was brought on by great stress over work, Bruce practically wore himself out to a disappointingly early grave.

Answer 2

I usually keep quiet about Bruce. If someone asks me about the arts, I say "I do tae kwon do" which is true. If someone asks me about Lee, I say "Lee did wing chung gung fu which is short range punching and nothing like the movies" and that is also true. I have been reading Black Belt since 1978 and there are always "Bruce Lee skeptics" who say he was not very good. Then one of Bruce's students would write back and say "I held the pad for Bruce's sidekick, and it felt like getting hit by a bus. I was there, were you?" And on it goes, but now the internet makes it worse. I choose not to care one way or another. Bruce had some good ideas and that is all I need to know. I will let others waste their time arguing about questions that can never be answered.

Answer 3

As for Bruce's release in '81, that was when it was released in this country. And Brandon died during the filming of "The Crow".

Answer 4

I certainly wish they were 'alive and kicking'...hehe but I don't see it happening. About like people thinking Elvis is still alive.

Answer 5

No, they're not still alive. They filmed the clips, but they movies were published until after their death.

Answer 6

Anything is possible, but it's extremely doubtful. Why wouldn't they want to support their families, and continue with the movie stardom?

Answer 7

and of course they are alive!i saw them last monday with jim morisson selling newspapers at the hyde park!

Answer 8

I saw them in Vegas with Elvis

Answer 9

They are alive in a better place.

Answer 10

Well they are not. Best not to dwell on the past I always say!