Do you remember Bruce Lee. He was the greatest martial artist, philosopher, and actor on the movie screen. Bruce is the father of actor Brandon Lee and actress Shannon Lee. He is truly missed.
When I was a little girl, my mother and father would take me to the movies to see Bruce Lee. We all loved him. We went to a Black American theater down town. People were standing in a long line and waiting to get tickets. Sometimes they were sold out before we could get there. I would get so upset. Everyone there would brag about how cool Bruce Lee was. They considered him as a cool soul brother. To me, Bruce Lee had an affect on many people. People would imitate him while standing in line. Those were the good old days.
One day, my mother told me some bad news. She told me that Bruce Lee had died. Some say that he was shot, some say that he was poisoned, and some say he went into a coma. Many believed that Bruce faked his death because he had enemies. Well, I will not get into it, but there are all kinds of stories about him.
After Bruce Lee's death, there were some Bruce Lee imitators and look-a-likes that kept him alive. Still, the movies were not as good. Being a child, it was still fun to see Kung-Fu. One of Bruce's greatest imitators was Bruce Li. I still thought that I was watching Bruce Lee until my mother pointed out the difference between him and his look-a-like. The thing that she pointed out was Bruce Li didn't do outstanding fighting like Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee's moves, actions, and sounds that he made were a bit different than Bruce Li's moves, actions, and sounds. Still, they looked like twins. That made it hard to tell them apart. Where is Bruce Li now? It is said that he ended his career in 1985 after his wife's death to return to Taiwan. I wish he would come back to the big screen and play as Bruce Lee for old time's sake.
Another great imitator of Bruce Lee is Bruce Lei. He acted and looked so much like Bruce Lee that me and my mother thought that it was Bruce Lee. My mother thought for sure then that the rumors were true about Bruce Lee faking his death. She had me convinced, but I know now who Bruce Lei really is. He was born in North Korea and Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, California in 1940. The way that you can tell that Bruce Lei is not Bruce Lee is by the way that Lei is built. Bruce Lei had more muscles.
