Brandon Lee
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- Alternative meaning: Brandon Lee (porn star)
Brandon Bruce Lee (李國豪, pinyin: Lǐ Guóháo February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor, and the son of Bruce Lee.
Lee 28 was shot and killed while filming the movie The Crow, when an old bullet lodged in the barrel of a 44 Magnum was propelled by the firing of a blank during the scene in which Lee's character Eric Draven is shot by an armed gang. The bullet had become lodged in the gun when it was used in a previous close-up scene, in which a percussion cap was triggered and pushed the bullet free of its empty casing. The shot of Brandon Lee getting hit with the bullet was destroyed as part of the legal settlement, and the shot of the gun firing the bullet that killed him was not used in the movie, although some urban myths claim it was.
The shooting was ruled an accident, though many fans suspected foul play. Oddly, Bruce Lee's character in Game of Death is shot in a similar fashion. Bruce's character, like Brandon's in The Crow, does return (from the *dead*, although the character did not actually die) to get revenge on his adversaries.
The deaths of father and son, 20 years apart, were both suspicious.
Place of Death: Wilmington, North Carolina
Education: Lee Strasberg Academy, Emerson College
[1] (http://www.triples.co.za) Lee was buried next to his father in Lake View Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington.
Filmography
- Kung Fu
- Kung Fu: The Next Generation
- Legacy of Rage
- Laser Mission / Soldier of Fortune
- Showdown in Little Tokyo
- Rapid Fire
- The Crow
External links
- Some may claim that Brandon Lee's death occurred during a removed scene in which he and the officer are attacked at the officer's apartment. This is however, not true, as can be read here: Snopes Urban Legend on Brandon Lee (http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/brandlee.htm)
- Description of the accidental death (http://www.thecrow.info/accident.htm)
- Find A Death - Brandon Lee (http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/l/Brandon%20Lee/brandon_lee.htm)
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- Brandon Lee Fansite (http://www.theattic.jazzyutopia.com/index.html)de:Brandon Lee