The mysterious deaths of Bruce and Brandon Lee

here's a lot of mystery surrounding the odd deaths of martial arts legend Bruce Lee and his action star son, Brandon. Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973, of a brain edema (swelling of the brain) during a mysterious illness. Nearly 20 years later, Brandon Lee was shot during a bizarre accident on March 31, 1993, on the set of The Crow. The accident involved a prop gun.

The gun, designed to look real, was loaded with a dummy round containing no powder. It was cocked and a film shot was taken. Then the gun was dry fired to uncock it, inadvertently knocking the tip of the dummy round into the chamber. When the gun was later loaded with a blank and fired during a scene, the powder from the blank fired the tip of the dummy round, which hit Lee in the spine. He died at the hospital shortly after the accident. He was 28 and had planned to marry Eliza Hutton in less than three weeks.

Brandon Lee Filmography

• Kung Fu: The Movie (1985)
• Legacy of Rage (1986)
• Laser Mission (1989)
• Showdown in Little Tokyo (1990)
• Rapid Fire (1992)
• The Crow (1994)

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