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July 20: On This Day in World History … briefly
Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong at the age of 32, and was buried in Seattle.
1973: ‘King of kung fu’ is found dead
Kung fu film star Bruce Lee was found dead in the bathroom of actress Betty Ting Pei in Hong Kong. Reputedly the fittest man on earth, San Francisco-born Lee (real name Lee Yuen Kam) is thought to have died of a swollen brain, possibly caused by an allergic reaction to aspirin.
Lee’s martial arts films ‘Fists of Fury’, ‘Enter the Dragon’, ‘Way of the Dragon’ and ‘Game of Death’ won him a large following. Many fans refused to believe that Bruce Lee was really dead, suggesting that cult status was not far off for the former king of kung fu.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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