IN MEMORY OF BRUCE LEE
20 July 1973
Born in San Francisco in 1940, Lee moved with his family to Hong Kong where he appeared in his first film in 1946. But he was sent back to the U.S. after Hong Kong police became aware of his propensity for street fighting. He enrolled in college, taught martial arts and met Linda, the woman who became his wife. He not only started his own martial arts school, he built it into a franchise and pursued an acting career, landing the part of Kato on the TV series The Green Hornet. He achieved international renown with his classic Hong Kong martial arts films, Fists of Fury, Enter the Dragon and Way of the Dragon. At the time of his sudden and mysterious death at 32, Lee was the essential self-made man who combined Eastern martial-arts philosophy with Western movie-making magic.
1941:
Bruce Lee and his parents return to Kowloon, Hong Kong.
1953:
Burce Lee started training of Wing Chun Kungfu.
1958:
Bruce won the Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship.
1959:
Bruce Lee returne to San Francisco.
1959:
Bruce Lee worked and studied, and taught his Kungfu to others privately.
1961:
In the University of Washington, Bruce Lee studied and taught Kungfu to students at school.
August 17, 1964:
Bruce returns went to Seattle and married LindaEmery.
Febru ary 1, 1965:
Brandon Lee is born.
1966:
In Los Angeles, Bruce Lee began acting on a new TV series called The Green Hornet as Kato.
April 19, 1969:
Daughter Shannon Lee was born.
July, 1971:
Acted in "The Big Boss".
1972:
"Fist of Fury" was released.
1972:
The Return of the Dragon was released, which was written, directed and acted as heor by himself.
Chuck Norris was his adversary in the final fight in the filem.
1972:
Bruce Lee began filming the film "Game of Death" which has scenes with Danny Inosanto and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
1973:
Bruce Lee began the film of "Enter the Dragon" with cooperation of the American film industries.
This film was completed the same year. Game of Death was never completed.
July 20, 1973:
Bruce Lee dies in Hong Kong.
July 30, 1973:
In Seattle, Bruce Lee was buried at Lake View Cemetery.
