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On July 20th, 1973, it was a sad day for countless kungfu movie fans-a legendary kungfu superstar Bruce Lee suddenly died at the age of 33.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar from all walks of life in Hong Kong. Many Bruce Lee fans couldn’t believe how this invincible "world’s strongest man" died so young.
Some people even think that Bruce Lee is faking his own death to promote his upcoming new movie.
But as Ming Pao and other authoritative media reported this matter, fans realized that their idols had really left them forever.
For a while, speculation about why Bruce Lee died suddenly followed, and the police also launched an in-depth investigation into the cause of Bruce Lee’s death.
Later, it was revealed that Bruce Lee’s family and friends had concealed his real place of death, which made the truth of Bruce Lee’s death even more confusing.
So why did Bruce Lee, who was physically strong, suddenly die? Why did his family and friends hide something? Is there a hidden secret behind this?
Look at the big secret of Bruce Lee’s death!
One, is he killed?
The name Bruce Lee is known to everyone.
He combined the strengths of hundreds of Chinese martial arts with western boxing, taekwondo, karate and other fighting techniques to create his own Jeet Kune Do, which opened up a world in the United States.
At that time, many American fighting masters, such as boxing champion Ali and karate world champion Rolex, praised him.
He later entered the film circle and made many kung fu movies, all of which promoted Chinese martial arts, established a positive image for Chinese people and cracked down on foreign evil forces.
Especially in the movie Jingwumen, the role of Zhen Chen, he broke into the Japanese budokan by himself, defeated dozens of Japanese fighters and smashed the plaque of "The Sick Man of East Asia". This classic scene inspired the hearts of countless people.
(Zhen Chen kicks the pavilion)
At that time, Bruce Lee became the pride of all Chinese in the world, a kung fu master and a national hero in people’s hearts.
He is the spiritual pillar of the fans, and nothing can knock him down.
However, the shocking news of Bruce Lee’s death at the age of 33 is unacceptable to those who regard him as a "god". They don’t believe that this powerful Bruce Lee died like this, and there must be many conspiracies in it.
At that time, one of the most popular sayings was that Bruce Lee was assassinated.
Bruce Lee’s martial arts talent is extremely high, so he can combine the strengths of hundreds of martial arts to create Jeet Kune Do. But at the same time, like many young people, he is arrogant and likes to compete for victory, causing many enemies.
The first is the underworld.
If you have seen the TV series legend of bruce lee, you will know that when he was a child, his family was often harassed by the underworld.
If you like watching Hong Kong movies, you will know something. At that time, Hong Kong was in the most chaotic period, and it was a rampant era of collusion between the four major detectives represented by "Mayor" (prototype Lv Le) and the four families of the underworld represented by "Lame Hao".
Bruce Lee’s father, Li Haiquan, was a Cantonese opera actor, who was powerless at that time. In order to live a peaceful life, he naturally had to pay protection money to the underworld honestly.
(Li Haiquan and Bruce Lee)
Bruce Lee, who was young and frivolous, didn’t want to be bullied. He clashed with the underworld and finally had to leave his hometown for the United States.
Bruce Lee, who returned from fame, entered the film industry, but it was inevitable that he had to deal with the underworld.
Because underworld people often make trouble on the set and ask the crew for protection money, martial artists often carry weapons to fight with the underworld at any time.
So many people guess that Bruce Lee was assassinated because he offended the underworld.
But later, Chen Huimin, a veteran of the Hong Kong underworld organization "14K" and a kung fu movie actor and friend of Bruce Lee, revealed that Bruce Lee was very influential in Hong Kong at that time, and no one dared to provoke him, so there was no possibility of triad assassination.
If it’s not the underworld, could it be a martial arts colleague in Bruce Lee?
In fact, every boxing has a sect, and there is a deep rift between the sects. It is usually not allowed to worship other masters to learn Kung Fu after worshipping this master.
(Chen Huimin on Bruce Lee)
But Bruce Lee has more than one master, Ip Man. Besides Wing Chun, he also learned 26 kinds of fighting techniques from all over the world, such as western boxing, jujitsu and karate, which created Jeet Kune Do, and also opened a martial arts school in the United States to accept foreign students as disciples.
Whether learning other kungfu without the master’s permission or teaching China Wushu to foreigners, it breaks the traditional rules.
As can be seen from legend of bruce lee and the movie Ip Man 4, at that time, both Chinese martial arts circles in the United States and Hong Kong martial arts circles were very dissatisfied with Bruce Lee’s practice.
Even the other disciples of Wing Chun Sect scoffed at him, and it was even rumored that Wing Chun Sect would take back its disciples, and the newcomers had to come in with Bruce Lee’s photo.
However, this is only a rumor. Ip Man did not blame Bruce Lee before his death. At the funeral after Bruce Lee’s death, many Wing Chun masters came to offer their condolences to him, and it was not hypocritical to look sad.
Moreover, there is no relevant evidence to prove who assassinated Bruce Lee, which is entirely the speculation of fans.
(Ip Man and Bruce Lee)
Later, the police also announced the results of Bruce Lee’s autopsy. There were no scars on his body, so it was impossible for him to die after being retaliated by gangsters or martial arts people.
However, many years after Bruce Lee’s death, a man jumped out and voluntarily admitted that he had murdered Bruce Lee.
Second, is it murder?
The conclusion that Bruce Lee was not killed by the police has never convinced many people, because they think that the murderer has a great background.
Sure enough, an American financial giant exposed himself as the murderer. His name was Hugh Bobby.
Things have to go back to the end of November 1958, when Bruce Lee, 18, took the ferry "President Cleveland" from Hong Kong to San Francisco, USA, to escape his enemy.
On the ship, Bruce Lee met Janet, the only daughter of Hugh Bobby.
Janet fell in love with Bruce Lee, a brave and confident Oriental, at first sight and pursued him, but Bruce Lee always regarded her as an ordinary friend.
(Bruce Lee is studying in the United States)
In order to be with Bruce Lee, Janet followed him all the way from San Francisco to Seattle Washington State University, but Bruce Lee was obsessed with martial arts and was very cold to her, so Janet had to return to her hometown of new york in tears.
Four years later, Janet came to Seattle again to rekindle her old relationship with Bruce Lee, but at that time, Bruce Lee was too busy opening a martial arts school and coping with challenges from all sides to talk to Janet at all.
When Janet came home again, she told her family that she was pregnant with his child, but Bruce Lee refused to have her.
Janet’s brother Michael is a famous American banker. He can’t accept the humiliation of his sister and family, so he went to Seattle to ask Bruce Lee for an explanation.
Unexpectedly, Bruce Lee denied it and said that he was engaged to a girl named Linda.
When Michael went back, he told his sister about it. Janet couldn’t accept the shock at all and was hospitalized with mental illness.
(Bruce Lee and Linda)
In 1964, Janet, who had given birth to a baby, was nursing at home. At this time, there was a world Wushu competition held in Los Angeles, USA on TV. It happened that one of the contestants in that competition was Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee made his newly established Jeet Kune Do shine brilliantly in the competition, and shocked Janet and his father, Hugh Bobby.
Bruce Lee became a famous person in the world, but Janet strangled her child and cut her wrist before long.
Grieving, Hugh Bobby decided to take revenge, and Bruce Lee had to die.
With his father’s consent, Michael found the mafia to assassinate Bruce Lee.
However, these mafia gangs took the opportunity to extort money and asked Michael to help them "wash" 50 million dollars of black money. Michael was angered and planned to go to the police to turn himself in. As a result, he died in a "car accident" on his way to the police station.
Because Bruce Lee made Hugh Bobby lose two children, he vowed not to kill Bruce Lee.
At this time, Bruce Lee was filming on the set, but he fainted at the scene because of a brain tumor attack.
(Bruce Lee teaches boxing)
So, Hugh Bobby wanted to speed up Bruce Lee’s death, so he found a skilled cerebrovascular expert and gave Bruce Lee a lethal drug BMN, which caused his blood vessels to burst.
The plan went well, so Bruce Lee was killed unconsciously.
On the fourth day of Bruce Lee’s death, he told the story of his feud with Bruce Lee and the crime, and recorded it on tape.
In April 1993, after the death of Hugh Bobby, this tape reappeared in the light of day, and the truth of Bruce Lee’s death was revealed.
The book Wu Soul also recorded the matter in detail.
Is that really the case? Actually, there are many doubts.
(Bruce Lee talks with others)
Bruce Lee’s love affair has never been mentioned by his family, relatives and friends. Can Hugh Bobby’s one-sided story be taken seriously?
Bruce Lee has never participated in a formal martial arts competition, and only performed it on the show, so Hugh Bobby’s description is not true.
Bruce Lee’s body was dissected by the police, and BMN was not found in his stomach.
Bruce Lee has his own personal doctor, and Hugh Bobby is not his close friend. How can he poison him?
Therefore, this so-called truth is probably just a story that some booksellers want to make up, and its credibility is not high.
Third, Ding Pei and Bruce Lee
However, while everyone was speculating, someone found out that Bruce Lee’s family and friends had lied to the public.
Bruce Lee’s brother Li Zhongchen and Bruce Lee’s wife Linda both said that he died at home after supper at five o’clock in the afternoon, but the ambulance didn’t get a call until after ten o’clock at night.
Moreover, it was not Bruce Lee’s family who made the emergency call, but Zou Wenhuai, Bruce Lee’s good friend, and the place where the ambulance went was not Bruce Lee’s home, but Bihuage, the home of Shaw actress Ding Pei, 67 Beacon Hill Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
So, Bruce Lee actually died in Ding Pei’s bed. What’s the relationship between Ding Pei and Bruce Lee?
(Ding Pei and Bruce Lee in the circle)
After Bruce Lee’s death, Ding Pei appeared in a film Bruce Lee and Me, in which Ding Pei played herself. In the film, she had an "underground lover" relationship with Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee in the film seems to be a "sex maniac", who wants to have sex with Ding Pei all the time. In the end, she took an aphrodisiac at Ding Pei’s house, and they died suddenly when they wanted to be "rolled sheets".
This kind of film is totally defaming Bruce Lee’s image, and it was badly scolded by fans. Ding Pei later admitted that he was in a daze and took the film, and the plot in the film was mostly fiction.
However, it is an indisputable fact that Bruce Lee died in her home. Although they did not have the kind of relationship in the movie, they also had an unusual relationship.
Ding Pei met Bruce Lee under the introduction of Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai is the boss of Jiahe Film Company, and also a filmmaker who has won the fame of Bruce Lee, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. At that time, Bruce Lee was working with him to make a film.
(Precious color photos of Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee)
Zou Wenhuai invited Ding Pei, a Shaw actress, to introduce them to Bruce Lee, intending to let them play the leading role in the following films. When they first met, Bruce Lee’s wife Linda was also present.
Ding Pei has accepted western culture since childhood, and his personality is bold and unrestrained. He is particularly congenial to Bruce Lee, who has strong self-confidence. They became good friends at first sight.
Bruce Lee often goes to Ding Pei’s home alone to express his feelings.
Bruce Lee, who has always been strong in front of everyone, will show his weak side when he sees Ding Pei. He admits that he has no freedom after becoming famous, and he should be careful what he says and does.
Being sought after by the audience all day, I feel like a monkey in the zoo and live very tired.
But every time Bruce Lee has something unhappy, he will feel much better when he sees Ding Pei. He will tell her about his film creation experience and share his favorite songs with her.
Bruce Lee gave her a tape, which Ding Pei still keeps.
(Ding Pei and Bruce Lee)
Ding Pei later admitted in an interview that Bruce Lee once confessed to her that she liked her very much, and Ding Pei also bluntly said that she loved this wonderful man deeply, but felt that she was not worthy of him.
The two have always maintained a superficial relationship as bosom friends.
The reason why she made a film that denigrated Bruce Lee was totally a moment of confusion. Bruce Lee’s death in her own home gave her a heavy blow.
That day, Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee were talking about the script of the movie "The Game of Death" in Ding Pei’s home. Bruce Lee suddenly had a headache, so he took some medicine and lay down in Ding Pei’s bedroom.
Zou Wenhuai made an appointment with "007" george lazenby at the Japanese Hotel to discuss the cooperation with Bruce Lee, so he left first and let Bruce Lee go to find him with Ding Pei after he woke up.
Not long after, Zou Wenhuai called to urge, and Ding Pei went to the bedroom to wake Bruce Lee up but didn’t wake up.
Zou Wenhuai immediately rushed over when he learned about it. No matter what he called, Bruce Lee didn’t respond.
Two people just know this event is not good, Ding Pei hurriedly to his personal doctor Zhu Bohuai for its treatment, Zhu Bohuai after inspection and treatment, shook his head, let them make emergency calls.
(Bruce Lee’s funeral)
That night, Bruce Lee died after being rescued in the hospital.
Zou Wenhuai was afraid that the news of Bruce Lee’s death in Ding Pei’s home would have a bad influence, so he asked his family to make up a lie.
And Ding Pei has long been scared out of her wits. She never imagined that the man she loved deeply died in his own bed.
With the death of Bruce Lee, all the blame was on Ding Pei.
4. Accident or suicide?
"Bruce Lee was killed by Ding Pei", and all of a sudden this statement is overwhelming.
Even some extreme fans in Bruce Lee threatened to kill Ding Pei and avenge Bruce Lee.
It is not groundless to say that Ding Pei killed Bruce Lee.
Zhu Bohuai, a personal doctor in Ding Pei, said that after Bruce Lee had a headache, Ding Pei gave her a painkiller called Equagesic, which is much stronger than aspirin and will have a bad effect on those who are sensitive to drugs.
(Du Huidong)
Du Huidong, a friend of Bruce Lee who is also a Hong Kong filmmaker, broke the news that Bruce Lee was educated in the United States and learned how Americans can build muscles through drugs.
Bruce Lee is full of muscles, and his body fat is only 3%. In order to maintain his muscles and strength, he will take nearly 100 tablets of various vitamins, muscle enhancers and quick-acting nutrients in addition to at least 8 hours of physical training every day.
Because of taking too many drugs, the internal tissues of the body may be confused, so after eating "Equagesic", it caused drug allergy and caused death.
In other words, Ding Pei may have inadvertently killed Bruce Lee.
However, this statement is only Du Huidong’s subjective idea, because whether these drugs and "Equagesic" really cause allergies has not been an accurate research result until now, and it cannot be used as an assertion.
However, the statement that drug allergy caused death is the most recognized by the government.
("Bruce Lee and Me" stills)
Others blame Ding Pei for not calling the emergency number in time, and there is a hospital next to her home, so why should she go further and further to send him to the "Elizabeth" hospital, which delayed the best rescue time in Bruce Lee.
In the face of such accusations, Ding Pei is also very wronged, because she and Bruce Lee were just ordinary friends at that time, and Zou Wenhuai was the boss of Bruce Lee. He also called Bruce Lee’s family, so where can he be the outsider’s boss?
Besides, I was scared by this unexpected situation, but I had to bear all the blame.
However, the audience did not buy her statement, and they continued to criticize her and even threatened her death.
In the end, Ding Pei couldn’t bear the pressure of audience abuse and the trauma of Bruce Lee’s death. In 1982, he quit the show business and faded out of the world’s sight.
At this time, someone put forward a new idea. Could Bruce Lee have committed suicide?
Before Bruce Lee’s death, the movie being discussed with Ding Pei was The Game of Death, which was written, directed and acted by Bruce Lee. Is there any other meaning in such a title?
(Death Game Stills)
In the movie, Bruce Lee will reach the top of the "death tower" and open the treasure chest.
There are no gold, silver and jewels in the box, but only a note that says, "Life is a process of waiting for death."
Coincidentally, Bruce Lee’s favorite song before his death was When I Die.
In addition, the forensic doctor found a small amount of marijuana in Bruce Lee’s body. Could it be that smoking marijuana made him depressed and had the idea of suicide?
But this statement was also denied by Zou Wenhuai and Ding Pei, because at that time, Bruce Lee had just finished filming enter the dragon in Hollywood, and he was very attentive in directing the filming and martial arts movements on the set.
Then he wrote "The Game of Death" with great energy, and there was no sign that he wanted to commit suicide.
(enter the dragon)
All sorts of reasons are wrong, so how did Bruce Lee die?
Finally, Ding Pei, who had been silent for many years, told us the answer.
V. Revealing the mystery
Many years later, when Ding Pei, who had healed her inner trauma, recalled Bruce Lee’s death again, her answer was: Naturally.
That is to say, Bruce Lee will suddenly die, which is a warning.
Ding Pei said that Bruce Lee was actually in poor health and had a serious illness when he was a child, so his nickname was "Xiaofeng". Later, he learned martial arts to keep fit and changed his name to "Xiaolong".
Perhaps because of this, Bruce Lee is very hard on his body.
In order to ensure a good figure and show the best state in front of the audience, Bruce Lee took too many drugs, which are three-thirds toxic. No matter how powerful the tonic is, it will have an impact on his health.
And his diet is different from ordinary people.
(Ding Pei is interviewed)
Bruce Lee specially bought raw beef flown by air from the United States, then put it into the juicer, then poured in milk and seven eggs, stirred it evenly and drank it directly in one gulp.
She also revealed a very extreme training method in Bruce Lee-electric shock training.
It is to use the high-voltage electric muscle vibrator invented in Japan to connect the wires above to the body and vibrate the muscles quickly.
This method takes ten minutes every day, which is equivalent to ten hours of training, so as to get twice the result with half the effort.
At that time, Yuan Wah, who was body double for Bruce Lee, was startled by him. He bluntly said that he didn’t dare to try, and he didn’t know how much current he needed.
After Bruce Lee’s death, this machine was also banned in Japan.
With the help of drugs, diet and electricity, Bruce Lee’s already unhealthy body has reached the limit, but he still insists on doing strenuous exercise such as skipping rope and running every day.
(Interview with Yuan Wah)
Bruce Lee is a "god" in the movie, but in reality he is also a human being, so it is impossible for the body to bear it if it goes on like this.
Under this kind of high-intensity exercise, Bruce Lee’s figure is almost perfect, and every part of his body is muscle, but it is not healthy.
You know, fat is a very important substance to the human body. The normal body fat rate of men is 6%~14%, while that of Bruce Lee is only 3%.
Two months before Bruce Lee died, he fainted in the bathroom of the studio while filming enter the dragon.
Fortunately, the staff found that he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in time, which saved his life.
Bruce Lee, who had just "walked from the jaws of death", thought she was all right, except that she had a small brain tumor and was clamoring to be discharged from the hospital to continue filming.
Ding Pei didn’t know about it, but he heard about it later from Zou Wenhuai and Linda.
Chen Huimin, a friend of Bruce Lee mentioned earlier, also confirmed this. He said that Bruce Lee had fainted more than once, and he often had convulsions suddenly, lying on the ground and convulsing all over.
(Bruce Lee’s muscles)
As for this reason, in recent years, Spanish experts have shown that it was Bruce Lee who drank a lot of water and fruit juice for a long time, which disturbed the normal water balance in the body, which led to rapid brain swelling and coma, and even death.
Drinking too much water and juice is naturally because he does too much exercise.
In a word, Bruce Lee’s death was caused by his long-term use of various unscientific exercise methods, which caused too much harm to his body.
Although Bruce Lee did make a lot of efforts to win glory for the Chinese, he is not a god, and as an ordinary person, he should do what he can.
We must also adopt scientific methods in the process of exercising at ordinary times, and it is the most important thing to ensure our own health.
Editor: Thomas
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