Why was it Bruce Lee's time to die?

Answer 1

We all have a time to die, but I have to agree it was way too soon for Bruce Lee. When he died in July 1973, rumors spread like wild fire:he'd been killed by Hong Kong gangsters because he refused to pay them protection money; he was killed by an angry martial artist's dim mask (or death touch) strike; he was cursed because the house he bought in Hong Kong was haunted; and/or he had angered the Chinese martial arts community for teaching their methods to foreigners so he was killed in a challenge match.
But the facts are these: Bruce died after falling into a coma caused by his brain swelling from the normal size of 1400 to 1575 grams due to excess fluid building up (cerebral edema)--the only thing that the authorities agreed on.
On the afternoon he died, he complained of a headache while discussing his latest movie (GAME OF DEATH) with his agents and co-stars. One of the actresses in the movie gave him a tablet of Equagesic (a type of super aspirin) about 4 p.m. He went to lie down and at 7:30 --when he was late for a dinner meeting--this actress reported she could not get him awake. Doctors reported a hypersensitivity to one or more of the compounds in the Equagesic to be the cause of his death. Even though his brain had swollen, there were no blood vessels blocked or broken.
Bruce knew he wouldn't live to his old age (hence some who believed his fate was sealed at birth by the position of the stars), but it was his wife who said he was afraid of losing the physical abilities he'd worked so hard to achieve. He often said, "If I die tomorrow, I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do."

Answer 2

None of us know when it's our "time to die", but certainly he did die too young. I would have loved for him to live on longer doing what his passion was & die later in life of natural causes, old age.

Answer 3

He was taken too soon, but it was his time cause it was part of his life plan. We miss you Bruce....