Linda Lee Cadwell is a woman who managed to win the heart of the famous Bruce Lee and create a family with him. How did she succeed, where did they meet, such different and completely different people? Many are interested in these questions. Let's see how it all began …
Acquaintance
The first and only wife of Bruce Lee, the legendary actor and fighter, Linda Emery (Emery is her maiden name) was born in Everett, Washington, in March 1945, in 1945. Her Swedish-English family professed Baptism. Their fateful acquaintance with Bruce took place in Seattle, at the Higher Garfield School, where Linda was studying at that time, and Lee came to give several lectures. This happened in 1962, Miss Emery was then only 17 years old. Bruce at that time was 22 years old, and he taught kung fu and philosophy at the University of Washington. She came to him and began to study in his section. The beautiful and purposeful blonde could not leave the master indifferent, they started a romance, which two years later led to the wedding. Linda and Bruce in 1964, August 17, became the legal husband and wife. I must say that not everyone was happy about this marriage. In particular, Linda's parents were very strongly opposed, they were confused by Lee's nationality. But young people were able to defend their feelings and overcome all ethnic prejudices.
Linda and Bruce
The biography of Linda Lee Cadwell became known to everyone thanks to an alliance with Bruce Lee. After all, if not for him, who would have heard about a simple Scandinavian girl, a teacher by education? But she was able to captivate and charm him. After she began to study with him kung fu, he did not last long and was the first to invite her on a date. At that time, Bruce looked chic: athletic, muscular, confident, strong, well-groomed and beautiful - well, how could you resist? Here Linda did not resist. Bruce Lee's wife became not only his beloved woman, but the mother of his children, support and support in all endeavors, and just another. They lived in marriage for nine years, until Bruce's most unexpected and sudden death. It was during family life with Linda that Master Lee reached the peak of his career and came to an unprecedented success. She stimulated confidence in him that he could do everything, and he could.
Career
Bruce Lee quickly became a very high-paid trainer in the United States, even Hollywood stars came to his classes, one training session with the master cost more than two hundred dollars. He also starred in TV shows and films, but he was not given the main roles, which made him very upset, as he was a rather ambitious person. However, later in Hong Kong he was invited to play a major role in the film "The Big Boss", in which Bruce also set and worked on all the fighting scenes. The picture was a resounding success, and Bruce Lee became a famous and sought-after actor. But, despite his growing popularity, he did not forget about karate. Lee began to develop his own style - jeet kune do, the path of the leading fist, which included elements of a variety of combat systems.
Children
Linda Lee Cadwell and Bruce Lee became the parents of two children, Brandon and Shannon. Brandon's son was born in 1965, and his daughter Shannon in 1969. Bruce began to train Brandon from childhood, and he followed in his father's footsteps. He was a master of martial arts and became a good actor. Unfortunately, his life ended just as early and suddenly as Bruce's. Brandon Lee died on the set of Raven in 1993, he was only 28 years old.
And Shannon was just a baby when her father was gone, but this did not stop her from being proud of him and keeping a memory of him. Shannon studied vocal, but later also set foot on the path of dad and brother. At the moment, she has about nine films on her account, some of them biographical - about Bruce Lee, but there are also well-known paintings, for example, “Blade”, “Cell-2”, “High Voltage”. Now Shannon is the head of the Bruce Lee Nonprofit Foundation, which promotes the masters philosophy and martial arts.
The death of Bruce Lee
At just 28, Linda Lee Cadwell became a widow. July 20, 1973 a terrible thing happened - Bruce died. Suddenly, unexpectedly. This news horrified the whole world, what can we say about a loving wife! Bruce Lee's wife was in mourning. There were many versions and conjectures about his death; disputes about this are still ongoing. As the official cause of death at the moment, they accepted death from cerebral edema due to an allergic reaction to the pill taken. But the rumors were very different - and the revenge of the Triad, which befell him many years later, and the killing by competitors, and the curse of the house in which he lived … But what really happened, no one knows now. The great martial artist is buried in Seattle, at Lakeview Cemetery Cemetery. The inscription on his monument reads: "Bruce Lee, founder of Jeet Kune Do. Your inspiration continues to lead us to our own freedom." His son, Brandon, is buried next to him. Even today, fans come here to pay homage and pay tribute to a man who has turned the world around martial arts.
