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In 2018, Jacob Oiler and SYFYWire<\/a> presented From Bruce Lee’s Big Break to His Tragic Death: 8 Gems Gleaned from a New Biography.<\/em>\u00a0 Although the article is no longer available, here are three of my favorites from it…<\/p>\n While there were many, many versions of Lee\u2019s controversial death (in the bed of his mistress, Betty Ting Pei, no less), the typical assumption that an allergic reaction to a painkiller was the cause of his \u201cdeath by misadventure\u201d ignores the recent strides medicine has made in diagnosing heat stroke. A month before his death, Lee collapsed under similar circumstances, feeling dizzy and having\u00a0seizures\u00a0under hot and sweaty conditions. These symptoms, along with highly elevated body temperature (which past diagnosis had erroneously categorized as feverishness) and the fact that Lee had sweat glands surgically removed from his armpits weeks before his first collapse, point to one of the leading causes of death for young athletic men. That Lee was known to overwork, lose weight, and lose sleep when making films only bolsters\u00a0the case that his death on\u00a0July 20, 1973<\/a>\u00a0(the hottest day during that Hong Kong summer), was likely caused by\u00a0heat stroke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Lee was a fight choreographer for some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest names in the \u201870s and a regular in their party scene. He hobnobbed with Steve McQueen, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, and James Coburn. So when Charles Manson\u2019s followers horrifically killed Tate, Sebring, and three others at a house Polanski was renting, the tragedy struck especially close to home for Lee. Tate and Polanski were clients, while Sebring was one of Lee\u2019s closest friends in town. But when Lee mentioned to Polanski that he lost his glasses\u00a0\u2014 the director\u00a0knew that an unidentified pair of horn-rims were found at the house \u2014 Polanski grew suspicious and took the actor to buy a new pair. But when Lee\u2019s prescription didn\u2019t match that of the evidence at the scene, Polanski thankfully relented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jay Sebring, Hollywood hairdresser and karate enthusiast, had seen Lee perform a controversial demonstration and speech at the 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championship. He also cut the hair of William Dozier, a TV producer looking to cast Charlie Chan\u2019s son for a prospective James Bond-esque show titled\u00a0Number One Son<\/em>. Dozier loved Lee for the role and was producing the longshot\u00a0Batman<\/em>\u00a0show at the time. The success of the campy superhero adaptation\u00a0would determine whether the studio accepted his next project… and Lee.\u00a0Batman<\/em>\u00a0was a hit\u00a0and, though\u00a0Number One Son<\/em>\u00a0was nixed, the success of Adam West\u2019s detective meant that superheroes were hot \u2014\u00a0and\u00a0The Green Hornet<\/em><\/a>\u00a0wasn\u2019t far behind. That meant Lee could be Kato, who crossed over onto\u00a0Batman\u00a0<\/em>for a few episodes. 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Lee likely died from heat stroke.<\/h3>\n
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Roman Polanski once suspected Lee of killing Sharon Tate.<\/h3>\n
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Batman and a hairdresser were responsible for Lee\u2019s early Hollywood career.<\/h3>\n