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A tribute to a great man. Brandon Bruce Lee was born on February 1, 1965 in Oakland, California. Son to the legendary Bruce Lee and Linda Emery. He started training in martial arts as soon as he knew how to stand on his own two feet. His father trained him in Jeet Kune Do, which he created himself. His father died when he was only 8 years old.  After his father's death, his mother, sister Shannon, and himself moved to Los Angeles. His mother wanted to take her kids out of the spotlight, so they could live a normal childhood. However, Brandon was always attracted to performing and wanted to be an actor ever since he was a little boy. He wanted to be known for his acting ability instead of who his father was. "I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee"- Brandon Lee Brandon died on March 31, 1993 in a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina, after a shooting accident on the set while filming The Crow (1994). Brandon started acting professional at age 20. He did a few movies, like Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) and Rapid Fire (1992), but it was his last movie, The Crow (1994), that is, in my mind, the best of all. I'm sure a lot of people probably haven't seen this movie before, but I highly recommend it. The Crow is my favourite movie of all time. It has all the elements to make it an amazing movie. Love. Despair. Spirit. Sorrow. Justice.  "It's a story about justice for victims."- Brandon Lee People once believed that when someone dies a crow carries that soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes something so bad happens that terrible sadness is carried with it. And the soul can't rest. And sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right. The Crow is about a couple in love and are brutally murdered one day before their wedding. One year later, Eric Draven is brought back to life by the crow, to avenge his murder and the murder of his fiancé, Shelley. Guided by the crow, Eric searches for his murderers and executes them one by one.
On March 31, 1993, the filming of a flashback scene in The Crow turned out to be disastrous. Brandon was suppose to be shot by dummy rounds while holding a bag of groceries which contained an explosive pack to give the impression of a gun shot. However, when switching the real bullets for dummy bullets, the metal tip of a bullet was left in the chamber of the gun. The gun was fired and hit Brandon in the abdomen damaging his vital organs. He was rushed to the hospital, but died 12 hours later with his fiancé, Eliza Hutton, by his side whom he was to marry 17 days after. On April 3, Brandon Bruce Lee was buried next to his father in Lake View Cemetary, Capitol Hill, Seattle.  "The key to immortality is living a life worth remembering." - Brandon Lee  Brandon Bruce Lee |
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