There are different opinions about the cause of Bruce Lee’s death, and the truth has not yet been found.

At 11pm on July 20th, 1973, Bruce Lee, who had "the healthiest body in the world", died suddenly. He died in the bed of Hong Kong porn star Ding Pei at the age of 33.

Although according to the official medical report at that time, Bruce Lee’s death should be brain edema caused by an analgesic called Equaagesic. However, today, this statement is not enough to convince the public.

In the past 50 years, there have been many speculations about the cause of death of this China Kung Fu movie star.

When reading the same artistic image, there will be a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand readers, not to mention the bizarre death of a world-famous martial arts superstar like Bruce Lee.

But in general, excluding those unfounded guesses and assumptions, the reasons for the young death of this martial arts genius can be divided into the following categories.

Excessive exercise

Everyone knows that Bruce Lee is 171cm tall, but for such a small man, he was able to build up to 72kg in the 1960s when the fitness industry and nutrition knowledge were still underdeveloped, and he kept a low fat rate like a bodybuilder all the year round. This is actually a very incredible thing.

In fact, early Bruce Lee had no special obsession with the so-called body fat rate.

As a crazy martial arts fanatic, Bruce Lee pays special attention to speed training rather than muscle building when practicing basic skills.

According to Shi Jian, who played the villain "Mr. Han" in the movie "enter the dragon", Bruce Lee’s exercise time was very fragmented because of his busy work. But once he has free time, he hardly misses any training time.

For example, he raises dumbbells from time to time when writing a manuscript, or practices his reaction ability while watching TV or playing with cats at home. These are common things in his life.

An even more exaggerated example is that in order to train his sensitivity and insight, Bruce Lee often even randomly selects other people to interact in various public places. That is, when the other person sees him make a gesture, he will make an "ah" sound or respond accordingly.

In Bruce Lee’s view, this repeated "random challenge" can make him always keep a high degree of vigilance against the surrounding environment, thus enabling him to play stably in the martial arts competition.

In addition to bringing kung fu practice into life, Bruce Lee never simply regarded himself as a martial arts actor when creating film and television works.

From Jingwumen, which made him stand out, to Game of Death, which was only three-quarters completed before his death, Bruce Lee always thought that he should be a martial artist first, and then an actor. Process.

In order to convey his philosophy, Bruce Lee deliberately added a lot of martial arts ideas every time he created a movie role.

For example, there is a particularly classic scene in the movie "The Raptors Crossing the River": Tang Long, a Hong Kong rural youth played by Bruce Lee, was provoked and harassed by a group of troublemakers while working. A restaurant.

At that time, when he saw his colleagues in the restaurant being knocked down by the gangsters across the street, Tang Long felt the desire to fight and decided to challenge himself.

I saw that he used neither homemade darts nor nunchakus that he was proud of. He just raised his waist to ask the way, and when the dragon’s tail wagged, he beat those troublemakers out of the water. Oral.

And this gesture of letting the enemy surrender is also a style of his martial arts fighting.

The ancients said that there is a limit to everything, and too little is too much. After all, the human body is not a natural structure born for martial arts.

Bruce Lee refused to waste a second in his life, and integrated high-intensity training into every minute of his life, which eventually led to his premature death due to excessive physical exertion. This result is not surprising.

As we all know, Bruce Lee suffered a lumbar injury in his early years, which made him afraid to do heavy training after 1970.

For such a small man who needs to rely on close-range form to win, the inability to carry out weight-bearing training is definitely a major pain point in his career.

Especially after the first world war with Huang Zeming, the "king of actual combat" in Wulin, Bruce Lee strengthened his determination to change the training direction and changed the training focus from speed training to size training.

Anyone who has seen Bruce Lee’s half-naked photos knows that as a martial arts superstar, Bruce Lee’s upper body muscles are very developed.

These muscles are as beautiful as those of bodybuilders today. But friends who are familiar with fitness should know that it is impossible to achieve such a muscular figure without special low-body fat training.

So how did Bruce Lee develop such muscles when he lacked professional fitness knowledge and could not carry out a lot of weight-bearing training such as weightlifting? The answer is to use electric shock devices to stimulate muscles.

According to Bruce Lee’s senior brother, Bruce Lee’s lines were not so outstanding when he was filming the movie "Tangshan Brothers", although his figure looked healthy and strong.

A year later, when he played a Shaolin disciple in enter the dragon, his body changed dramatically.

At that time, many people questioned Bruce Lee’s "big figure" and thought that his muscle lines were probably caused by electric shock to his muscles.

In addition, during that time, a Japanese company producing muscle vibrators also had close contact with Bruce Lee. It is not surprising that the outside world has put forward such a guess.

Although some people question whether the developed muscles in Bruce Lee are related to electrotherapy equipment, the people concerned are still uncertain.

But what is certain is that any way to cross the river by feeling the stones has a 50% chance of failure.

As for whether Bruce Lee really used electrotherapy equipment to stimulate muscles without professional guidance, and whether it did any harm to his body, only Bruce Lee knew it.

burn the candle at both ends

As mentioned earlier, Bruce Lee’s weight has been around 145kg, but in fact this statement is not accurate.

Indeed, although Bruce Lee’s muscles were not outstanding in the period of "Brother Tangshan", he was better than his bright eyes and youthful vitality. Even though he was 18 years old, his health at that time was believed.

But only two years later, this young man, who was originally full of youth, showed signs of fatigue early.

Despite the continuous training of Wushu at that time, the state of Wushu in Bruce Lee was still very good. But as far as people’s energy and spirit are concerned, Bruce Lee is not only completely emaciated, but also very upset.

In the subsequent autopsy, people were surprised to find that the weight of the martial arts prodigy with "the healthiest body in the world" dropped to 114 pounds.

According to Chuanwu, this means that Bruce Lee consumed his "essence" excessively in the years before his death.

So, how did Bruce Lee spend his "essence"?

Obviously, everyone’s energy is only so much, and everything can’t be perfect, not to mention Bruce Lee doing the work of several people at the same time, whether as an actor or as a martial artist. After getting married, I want to be a husband and a father.

Worried about the lack of time, Bruce Lee gets up early every morning and does a lot of things. His sleep time is only three hours, so he often works until 4 pm and his mental state is not good.

Due to overwork, Bruce Lee often had a headache and fainted when filming enter the dragon.

Once, Bruce Lee suddenly fainted when she went to the men’s room of a restaurant. When Paul Heller learned about this, he recommended a cardiologist and physician he was familiar with.

Although due to the medical confidentiality agreement, Paul Heller knew nothing about Bruce Lee’s test results afterwards. However, from Bruce Lee’s sudden remark "Uncle Jian, I can’t survive you" when chatting with Shi Jian, we can also roughly infer that perhaps from then on, Bruce Lee began to care about his health. Have anxiety.

Perhaps death is the only way to stop such a person who consumes too much physical strength and spirit without limit.

The influence of drugs

During the autopsy of Bruce Lee’s body, the forensic doctor found the following three drug residues in Bruce Lee’s stomach: aspirin, painkillers and a small amount of marijuana.

According to the official autopsy report, the cause of Bruce Lee’s sudden death was brain edema caused by drug sensitivity caused by painkillers.

We can’t refute the statement that drug sensitivity leads to death for the time being because it is the conclusion drawn by authoritative organizations.

Hemp, also known as famous silk seedlings, is an annual erect herb. Everything has two sides, and marijuana is no exception.

From uncoordinated movements, loss of appetite and increased heart rate, to thinking disorder, self-awareness disorder, dual personality, and even hallucinations, delusions and paranoia.

In the long run, it will destroy the body function and cause an irreversible blow to human health.

But in her opinion, what her husband does is actually exercising his body and keeping him excited while practicing and working. These doses are not enough to cause his death.

Regardless of whether Bruce Lee died of marijuana, some fans of Dragon suddenly became very violent before Bruce Lee died. Even on the set of enter the dragon, just because he was scratched by a bottle, they got emotional and threatened to kill him. According to friend Bob Wall’s analysis, Bruce Lee’s temperament change may be related to his taking too many sports drugs steroids.

According to the Hong Kong medical profession, it is impossible for Bruce Lee to shape his body into a completely fat-free body through physical exercise without the help of drugs.

The only explanation is that he may have taken steroids.

In Schwarzenegger’s heyday, steroids were not actually banned in the bodybuilding market. It can even be said that because steroid was a newly invented drug at that time, people were not very familiar with its efficacy and usage, let alone this. Plant medicine explores what harm it will do to human body.

And if Bruce Lee ate steroids in order to keep fit during this period, but he didn’t know the contraindications, then the forensic doctor will give the conclusion that he died of drug allergy at autopsy, which is a reasonable explanation.

Chen Huimin once said that Bruce Lee himself suffered from epilepsy. Sometimes it even causes convulsions during the attack. A martial arts actor who sleeps by sleeping pills only sleeps for 4 hours every day. His family and work are very busy, and he even needs marijuana to keep his nerves excited. No matter how superior his innate conditions are, he can’t resist the passage of life.

What’s more, from the innate conditions, Bruce Lee, born with mild flat feet, actually does not have the advantage of martial arts.

As the saying goes, there are rivers and lakes where there are people. From the perspective of stakeholders, who has the greatest interest in Bruce Lee’s death, who is the most suspected.

But it is undeniable that Bruce Lee spent the last moment of his life in Ding Pei’s bed.

Linda said that she doesn’t care about her husband’s "working at home". After all, this is a common thing in Bruce Lee’s previous works.

It’s time for dinner at seven o’clock in the evening, and the three of them have an appointment to go to the Japanese restaurant downstairs of Hyatt Hotel for dinner.

But when we set off, Bruce Lee said that she had a splitting headache, so with the help of Ding Pei, she took an aspirin, took off her coat and lay on the mattress in her room to rest.

But unexpectedly, around 8: 30 pm, he and George Racine Bay had already met, and Ding Pei called to say that Bruce Lee was still awake. This state lasted until 9 pm.

But no matter how hard he tried, Bruce Lee’s face was rosy and he always looked sleepy. You know, Bruce Lee is a martial artist. His body is alert at ordinary times, so it is impossible to sleep for such a long time for no reason.

But strangely, the British doctor who had never lost contact with him turned off his mobile phone that day. In desperation, the two had to find Ding Pei’s personal doctor Zhu Bowai.

At 10 o’clock in the evening, when Zhu Bo arrived at the scene, Bruce Lee had no vital signs.

Unfortunately, at 11: 30 pm, Bruce Lee was found dead after being examined by a doctor. Since then, a martial arts superstar has completely fallen.

However, Ding Pei denied the cleaning lady’s statement on the grounds that she had been watching TV in the living room and didn’t see any strange men coming in or out.

However, a powerful international martial arts superstar died in the bed of his lover who had been watching TV in the living room for more than two hours after taking medicine. The sum of these factors will inevitably arouse suspicion.

After Bruce Lee’s death, Ding Pei was deeply troubled by external doubts. Not only was her career deeply affected, but her marriage with her ex-husband Xiang Huaqiang also ended in failure.

In order to find the strength to support herself, the once beautiful Hong Kong actress converted to Buddhism and began to practice at home. In her view, only in this way can she pay off the debts owed to Bruce Lee in her previous life.

After all, from the family foundation, Bruce Lee’s father, Li Haiquan, and Liao Xihuai, Ban Rian, Ye Furuo and others rank as one of the "Four Ugly Students of Cantonese Opera".

Such a stranger, with powerful relatives and friends, disciples and friends all over the world, which Hong Kong gangster dares to make a move on him?

However, whether it is coincidence or conspiracy theory, what Jiahe promised to pay Bruce Lee handsomely during his lifetime has never been fulfilled. Even the company assigned to him is a rented shell company. After Bruce Lee died, he made a lot of money by making the documentary "The Life and Death of Bruce Lee" and sorting out his unfinished movie "The Game of Death".

Boss Zou, known as Bruce Lee’s best friend, shamelessly ate the human blood steamed stuffed bun of the deceased after his friend died. This inevitably makes people question the friendship between the two.

The Suicide Theory

They say the most impossible thing is often the truth.

There are indications that a few months before Bruce Lee’s death, he began to deal with things after death as before.

According to Bruce Lee’s partner Robert Wall, before Bruce Lee died, the two met once at the Beverly Hills Hotel Villa.

Judging from the appearance at that time, Bruce Lee’s physical condition was not very good. Not only is his face gloomy, his eyes dark, but he even looks like he has lost a full twenty pounds.

What shocked him even more was that when they met, Bruce Lee seemed to have completely forgotten what they had discussed on the phone before, and even repeated it to each other over and over again.

These contrasts made Robert exclaim: "My God! Bruce Lee, what’s the matter with you? "

In 2022, 50 years after the world superstar died tragically in the bed of a scandal porn star, a Spanish research team gave a new explanation for Bruce Lee’s death.

According to Ding Pei, Bruce Lee drank a lot of water while taking painkillers. Although this kind of "extreme thirst" is indeed abnormal, in Ding Pei’s view, these symptoms are only thirst caused by taking prescription drugs. So she didn’t stop it.

In Linda’s description, Bruce Lee does have the habit of eating liquid food.

After all, in their view, how can anyone in this world "support" themselves by drinking water? However, judging from Bruce Lee’s strong temper all his life, this conjecture is somewhat credible.

History is a little girl. Perhaps few people know the truth, but the truth will be buried forever; Maybe no one knows the truth and the truth will never be found again. However, no matter what the truth is, this martial artist who brought Oriental Kung Fu into the martial arts world deserves our respect.

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