The Internet is awash with conspiracy theories as to how Bruce Lee died. Perhaps the more appropriate question should be ‘WHY did he die?’
The death of legendary Martial Artist, Bruce Lee, is still debated a lot. There are various theories about it. There are the questions being asked again and again “How He Died or Why Did He Die?” No one knows the answers.
There are few relevant facts or conspiracy theories that all seem true but one of them could be true. It was the fact or a dogma that the allergic drug he took for headache proved allergic to his system and reacted so badly that succumbed him to death.
Sadly, he died at the age of 32 in July 1973 when he was at the peak of his fitness and movie career. Generally he was famous for physical fitness.
Just two months before his death he had suffered a severe headache during the dubbing of a soundtrack. He was taken to the hospital immediately where the doctor detected brain-swelling. They were successfully able to treat the condition with drugs and he was recovering well. Later, what came out to be the cause of his death was very unbelievable.
“Did Bruce Lee really died off a headache pill?”
What did the autopsy say?
The doctors were unable to save him owing to his reaction to the drug. The cause of his death in autopsy report was shown ‘death by misadventure.’ It was confirmed by the Soctland yard’s forensic department in London.
It became very controversial when his personal physician concluded that he did not show any negative reaction to the same drug previously.
Since then various conspiracy theories have surfaced. It is becoming very difficult to discern the fact from fiction.
Here are the five such most common conspiracy theories about his death
#1
He was already dead even few months before the actual announcement of his death by Chinese Triads for not paying them the protection money.
#2
He was killed by the fellow Martial Artists who were unhappy with him for introducing his unfailing tactics to the Westerners.
#3
It was the most common theory in Hong Kong then that Lee was murdered by Italian Mafia when he refused their Hollywood career plans.
#4
Lee was killed by a prostitute in self defense because the drug affected him badly and he was very violent.
#5
A Taiwanese actress Betty Ting Pai who was his friend too, had him poisoned on behalf of a Chinese Tong secret society for dubious reasons.
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