Bruce Lee's death?

Question

my brother AND teacher have told me that bruce lee had died on the set of shooting a film- one of the blanks fired had killed him. now im reading things that say he died from cerebral edema. if he did die from cerebral edema, then who was it that died from getting shot by a blank??

Answer 1

his son


Death

Brandon Lee in his final film The Crow (1994), the film which he was filming when he diedOn March 31, 1993, the 52nd day of a 60-day shooting schedule for The Crow, the scene being filmed was when Lee's character was to walk into his apartment and see his girlfriend being raped by thugs. This would subsequently lead to Eric being brutally killed, along with his girlfriend, by the thugs. Actor Michael Massee, who played one of the villains named Funboy in the movie, was supposed to fire a gun at Lee, as he walked into his apartment with groceries.

Because the movie's second unit team were running behind schedule, it was decided that dummy cartridges — bullets that outwardly appear to be functional, but contain no gunpowder — would be made from real cartridges, which had been brought to the set, earlier in production. Bruce Merlin, an effects technician, dismantled the live cartridges by removing the bullets, emptying out the gunpowder, detonating the primer, and reinserting the bullets. This rendered the cartridges inoperative, but realistic in appearance. Merlin and his propmaster, Daniel Kuttner, took initiative to create some blanks by removing live cartridges, and replacing the gunpowder with firework powder; the bullets were not reinserted.

Later, a cartridge with only a primer and a bullet, was fired in a pistol; this caused the bullet to lodge in the forcing cone of the revolver. When the first unit used this gun to shoot the death scene, the chamber was loaded with blanks which had no bullets. However, there was still the bullet in the barrel, which was propelled out by the blank cartridge's explosion. Consequently, Lee was shot and severely wounded, as cameras were rolling at the Carolco Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina. Seconds later, director Alex Proyas stopped the scene, but Lee remained on the floor. Stuntman (and Lee's friend) Jeff Imada ran over to him with a paramedic, and discovered a thin slit, an inch below to the right of his navel; by this time, Lee had slipped into unconsciousness, and was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered that a bullet was the cause of the damage. They fought for five hours in an attempt to save him, but at 1:04 PM he was pronounced dead at the age of 28.

Answer 2

If you try to make your own system it won't be effective. What is meant by what he said was to form your style within a system based on your strengths and weaknesses. I'll use my exerience as an example. At my MMA gym, we combine basically 4 things, boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, and BJJ. I'm 5'7 and weigh a fairly lean 195 and have pretty fast twitch explosive muscles. Based on those things my style within MMA is to be an aggressive striker. Being I'm short trying to be a counter puncher isn't going to work very well so i adapt the skills I've been taught to be aggressive. Being I come from a boxing background my ground fighting is much worse than my striking so I put more focus on defensive grappling and not offensive. Bruce lee did not invent a style, he modified what he learned to fit himself. Bruce lee was also trashing some of the training methods he saw. Often times traditional MA try to make a one size fits all style. This is not right because there's some techniques that don't work if your small, some that don't work if your big, and all people have different strengths. It kills me to see it when your required to do a certain technique to advance in belt. What if that persons body just doesn't allow them to effectively do it? Why do you have to learn a technique that you can't do effectively?

Answer 3

Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee died on set, Bruce Lee died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Answer 4

His son Brandon Lee, he was using a prop pistol in the movie the Crow and the pressure blew his brains. Bruce did die from having Subdural Edema that turned into Cerebral Edema. www.history.com there are pix of them and their family and life stories. Happy New Year

Answer 5

Bruce Lee's son...Brandon Lee was shot on the set of a film called The Crow.

Answer 6

Brandon Lee was the son of Bruce Lee who was tragically killed on the set.

Answer 7

Brandon Lee (Bruce's son) is the one who died during the filming of The Crow

Answer 8

His son was the one that died during a film. Brandon Lee in the Crow.

Answer 9

IT'S SAID THAT BRUCE LEE DIED FROM SWELLING OF THE BRAIN AFTER HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

HIS SON BRANDON LEE DIED WHILE FILMING "THE CROW." HE WAS HIT IN THE ABDOMEN WITH A BLANK.

Answer 10

One of Bruce Lee's sons died from the gun firing on the set.