1 00:00:02,512 --> 00:00:04,314 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:04,447 --> 00:00:06,383 ‐ Tonight on "History's Greatest Mysteries"... 3 00:00:06,516 --> 00:00:07,484 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:07,617 --> 00:00:09,686 He was an action hero, 5 00:00:09,819 --> 00:00:11,888 a cultural icon, 6 00:00:12,022 --> 00:00:15,525 a martial arts legend on the cusp of superstardom. 7 00:00:15,659 --> 00:00:17,227 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:18,728 I'm Laurence Fishburne. 9 00:00:18,862 --> 00:00:20,597 On July 20th, 1973, 10 00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:23,900 Bruce Lee died tragically at the age of 32, 11 00:00:24,034 --> 00:00:27,070 the official cause of death a fatal reaction to aspirin. 12 00:00:27,203 --> 00:00:30,607 On tonight's mystery, Bruce Lee's surviving brother 13 00:00:30,740 --> 00:00:32,576 has questions about what really happened. 14 00:00:32,709 --> 00:00:34,010 ♪ ♪ 15 00:00:34,110 --> 00:00:36,546 ‐ It was total shock. I mean, how could that be? 16 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:37,948 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:38,081 --> 00:00:40,550 I need answers about Bruce's death. 18 00:00:40,684 --> 00:00:41,985 ♪ ♪ 19 00:00:42,118 --> 00:00:43,753 ‐ Now, Robert Lee has enlisted a former 20 00:00:43,887 --> 00:00:45,622 Hong Kong police detective 21 00:00:45,755 --> 00:00:48,491 to launch an investigation into the truth. 22 00:00:48,625 --> 00:00:50,126 ‐ Do you think there was foul play? 23 00:00:50,260 --> 00:00:51,127 ‐ Good question. 24 00:00:51,261 --> 00:00:53,263 You know, I would sure like to find out. 25 00:00:53,396 --> 00:00:56,232 ‐ Was Bruce Lee killed because of bad blood? 26 00:00:56,366 --> 00:00:57,801 ‐ Bruce pulls out knife. 27 00:00:57,934 --> 00:01:00,870 Threatens that if Lo Wei says anything or does anything, 28 00:01:01,004 --> 00:01:03,473 he's going to stick it in Lo Wei's neck. 29 00:01:03,607 --> 00:01:05,308 ‐ Was his death self‐inflicted? 30 00:01:05,442 --> 00:01:07,944 ‐ I was rather shocked to discover 31 00:01:08,078 --> 00:01:10,580 Bruce had had his sweat glands removed. 32 00:01:10,714 --> 00:01:12,315 ‐ Could the answers lie in Bruce Lee's 33 00:01:12,449 --> 00:01:14,451 previously unseen autopsy? 34 00:01:14,584 --> 00:01:16,152 ‐ They looked for arsenic. 35 00:01:16,286 --> 00:01:19,189 Quite a common way of poisoning people. 36 00:01:19,322 --> 00:01:23,593 ‐ Or could Bruce Lee have been caught up in a gangland feud 37 00:01:23,727 --> 00:01:24,894 with Hong Kong's underworld? 38 00:01:31,501 --> 00:01:33,837 ♪ ♪ 39 00:01:33,970 --> 00:01:37,273 ‐ The mysterious death of a true action hero. 40 00:01:37,407 --> 00:01:38,942 Who or what 41 00:01:39,075 --> 00:01:42,779 killed the one, the only, Bruce Lee? 42 00:01:42,912 --> 00:01:50,020 ♪ ♪ 43 00:01:57,961 --> 00:02:00,697 [gentle acoustic guitar music playing] 44 00:02:00,830 --> 00:02:03,767 ♪ ♪ 45 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:06,903 ‐ ♪ At the dawning ♪ 46 00:02:07,037 --> 00:02:10,607 ♪ Of the morning ♪ 47 00:02:10,740 --> 00:02:15,311 ♪ Of the Year of the Dragon ♪ 48 00:02:15,445 --> 00:02:17,781 ‐ Today, Bruce Lee's brother Robert 49 00:02:17,914 --> 00:02:20,950 is a musician who lives in Los Angeles. 50 00:02:21,084 --> 00:02:23,720 Bruce is far more than just his big brother. 51 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:25,488 He is his inspiration. 52 00:02:25,622 --> 00:02:27,657 ‐ ♪ Into this world ♪ 53 00:02:27,791 --> 00:02:32,228 ♪ Came a little dragon, Bruce Lee ♪ 54 00:02:32,362 --> 00:02:35,699 Every time I do "The Ballad of Bruce Lee," 55 00:02:35,832 --> 00:02:37,467 yeah, just think of him. 56 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,804 It's hard not to miss him, hard not to think about him, 57 00:02:40,937 --> 00:02:43,406 because he is my idol, really. 58 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:44,774 ♪ ♪ 59 00:02:44,908 --> 00:02:48,511 ♪ For he was strong ♪ 60 00:02:48,645 --> 00:02:54,451 ♪ And his will untamed ♪ 61 00:02:54,584 --> 00:02:58,688 ♪ ♪ 62 00:02:58,822 --> 00:03:02,325 Well, this was early on and‐‐you know, 63 00:03:02,459 --> 00:03:05,595 I think this was taken in the '60s in L. A. 64 00:03:05,729 --> 00:03:08,898 ♪ ♪ 65 00:03:09,032 --> 00:03:11,034 ‐ Mr. Marlowe? ‐ Yes. 66 00:03:11,167 --> 00:03:13,369 ‐ In the late 1960s and early '70s, 67 00:03:13,503 --> 00:03:17,006 Bruce Lee had begun to find fame on American television... 68 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:20,577 ‐ Kato strikes with the deadly art of kung fu. 69 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:22,779 ‐ Supporting roles in Hollywood pictures. 70 00:03:22,912 --> 00:03:24,414 ‐ It's Lee unleashed. 71 00:03:24,547 --> 00:03:27,417 ‐ And in low budget Hong Kong action movies. 72 00:03:27,550 --> 00:03:28,718 ‐ Against the Dragon, 73 00:03:28,852 --> 00:03:31,755 even the best are better off dead. 74 00:03:31,888 --> 00:03:34,057 ‐ [high‐pitched shout] [bones crack] 75 00:03:34,190 --> 00:03:36,526 ‐ But Bruce wasn't satisfied. 76 00:03:36,659 --> 00:03:38,528 He had far bigger ambitions. 77 00:03:38,661 --> 00:03:41,164 ♪ ♪ 78 00:03:41,297 --> 00:03:43,933 ‐ He did write down on a piece of paper, 79 00:03:44,067 --> 00:03:48,404 which he put under his pillow every night, 80 00:03:48,538 --> 00:03:50,473 that he wanted to be 81 00:03:50,607 --> 00:03:53,510 the highest‐paid actor in the world. 82 00:03:53,643 --> 00:03:55,278 [chuckles] 83 00:03:55,411 --> 00:03:58,581 ‐ He doesn't write down, "Man, I'd just really like a job." 84 00:03:58,715 --> 00:04:01,251 He doesn't write down, "I'd like steady work." 85 00:04:01,384 --> 00:04:04,020 He writes down, "I want to be the biggest star in the world." 86 00:04:04,154 --> 00:04:05,688 Like, that's the level of his ambition. 87 00:04:05,822 --> 00:04:06,890 ♪ ♪ 88 00:04:07,023 --> 00:04:09,292 ‐ As this rare interview shows, 89 00:04:09,425 --> 00:04:13,096 Bruce's ambitions reached far beyond simple fame. 90 00:04:13,229 --> 00:04:16,166 He saw his films as the perfect platform 91 00:04:16,299 --> 00:04:17,767 to fight back against prejudice 92 00:04:17,901 --> 00:04:20,436 and racial stereotypes. 93 00:04:20,570 --> 00:04:21,371 ‐ In the United States. 94 00:04:21,504 --> 00:04:24,541 I think something about the oriental‐‐ 95 00:04:24,674 --> 00:04:27,677 I mean, the true Oriental 96 00:04:27,811 --> 00:04:28,945 should be shown. 97 00:04:29,078 --> 00:04:30,880 ‐ Hollywood sure as heck hasn't. 98 00:04:31,014 --> 00:04:32,215 ‐ You better believe it, man. 99 00:04:32,348 --> 00:04:34,584 I mean, it's always that pigtail and bouncing around, 100 00:04:34,717 --> 00:04:35,785 "chop‐chop," you know, 101 00:04:35,919 --> 00:04:37,420 with the eye slant, and all of that. 102 00:04:37,554 --> 00:04:39,289 ‐ Bruce always wanted to be a pioneer, 103 00:04:39,422 --> 00:04:41,658 and I'm sure that's what he wanted, 104 00:04:41,791 --> 00:04:44,460 you know, people to remember him by. 105 00:04:44,594 --> 00:04:51,167 ♪ ♪ 106 00:04:51,301 --> 00:04:55,805 ‐ On July 20th, 1973, Bruce Lee was in Hong Kong, 107 00:04:55,939 --> 00:04:57,407 awaiting the release of the movie 108 00:04:57,540 --> 00:04:59,008 he hoped would finally bring him 109 00:04:59,142 --> 00:05:02,278 the international fame he craved. 110 00:05:02,412 --> 00:05:05,448 ‐ Warner Brothers presents, "Enter the Dragon." 111 00:05:05,582 --> 00:05:07,650 ♪ ♪ 112 00:05:07,784 --> 00:05:10,820 ‐ Made with one of the biggest studios in Hollywood, 113 00:05:10,954 --> 00:05:14,357 he knew this film could make or break his career. 114 00:05:14,490 --> 00:05:17,260 ‐ "Enter the Dragon" is the first time 115 00:05:17,393 --> 00:05:19,796 a Chinese‐American male actor 116 00:05:19,929 --> 00:05:22,298 has ever starred in a Hollywood movie, 117 00:05:22,432 --> 00:05:24,400 ‐ Starring Black Belt Hall of Fame, 118 00:05:24,534 --> 00:05:26,469 undisputed martial arts champion, 119 00:05:26,603 --> 00:05:30,039 and international film star Bruce Lee. 120 00:05:30,173 --> 00:05:31,908 ‐ For Bruce Lee, this had been everything 121 00:05:32,041 --> 00:05:33,610 he had been working for. 122 00:05:33,743 --> 00:05:37,347 And if it succeeds, it will launch him into superstardom. 123 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,651 If it fails, he's never gonna make it as a Hollywood actor. 124 00:05:41,784 --> 00:05:45,388 And so this is the ultimate big break for Bruce Lee. 125 00:05:45,521 --> 00:05:47,523 ‐ Bruce is not just the movie's star. 126 00:05:47,657 --> 00:05:49,559 He is also the fight choreographer 127 00:05:49,692 --> 00:05:52,495 and directs the martial arts scenes. 128 00:05:52,629 --> 00:05:54,931 ‐ Fighting techniques are carefully choreographed 129 00:05:55,064 --> 00:05:56,466 by Bruce Lee. 130 00:05:56,599 --> 00:05:58,501 Discipline and coordination are the only protection 131 00:05:58,635 --> 00:06:00,503 against possible lethal accident. 132 00:06:00,637 --> 00:06:05,375 ♪ ♪ 133 00:06:05,508 --> 00:06:08,177 ‐ Less than a month before the movie's release, 134 00:06:08,311 --> 00:06:10,947 Bruce Lee complains of a headache, 135 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,283 takes a painkiller, 136 00:06:13,416 --> 00:06:16,619 goes for a nap, but never wakes up. 137 00:06:16,753 --> 00:06:17,987 ♪ ♪ 138 00:06:18,121 --> 00:06:21,190 [news anchor speaking Chinese] 139 00:06:21,324 --> 00:06:24,794 His death leaves the whole of Hong Kong in shock. 140 00:06:24,928 --> 00:06:26,529 ‐ One day he was alive and well, 141 00:06:26,663 --> 00:06:28,765 and he was being Bruce Lee, and he was on the verge 142 00:06:28,898 --> 00:06:32,168 of achieving everything he'd ever dreamed of. 143 00:06:32,302 --> 00:06:33,803 And the next, he just was gone. 144 00:06:33,937 --> 00:06:36,506 ♪ ♪ 145 00:06:36,639 --> 00:06:40,310 ‐ How could their hero have died so suddenly? 146 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:42,211 [news anchor speaking Chinese] 147 00:06:42,345 --> 00:06:45,248 The crowds and the cameras give Bruce's widow, Linda, 148 00:06:45,381 --> 00:06:47,951 little chance to grieve in private. 149 00:06:48,084 --> 00:06:50,219 An American, she and her two children 150 00:06:50,353 --> 00:06:51,854 have only been living in Hong Kong 151 00:06:51,988 --> 00:06:53,957 for a little over a year. 152 00:06:54,090 --> 00:06:57,794 ‐ Raymond Chow, who is Bruce's producer, business partner, 153 00:06:57,927 --> 00:07:01,331 and his friend, has to take on the role of, like, 154 00:07:01,464 --> 00:07:05,268 uncle or father‐protector to Linda and the children 155 00:07:05,401 --> 00:07:08,304 through what would be a very unfamiliar ritual 156 00:07:08,438 --> 00:07:10,440 of a Chinese funeral. 157 00:07:10,573 --> 00:07:15,345 ♪ ♪ 158 00:07:15,478 --> 00:07:17,246 ‐ What do you know about Han? 159 00:07:17,380 --> 00:07:19,882 ‐ We know everything. We can prove nothing. 160 00:07:20,016 --> 00:07:22,385 ♪ ♪ 161 00:07:22,518 --> 00:07:25,054 ‐ Just 30 days after Bruce Lee's passing, 162 00:07:25,188 --> 00:07:27,757 "Enter the Dragon" is released. 163 00:07:27,890 --> 00:07:29,258 ‐ "Enter the Dragon," 164 00:07:29,392 --> 00:07:31,194 where the world's greatest martial arts athletes 165 00:07:31,327 --> 00:07:33,262 meet the ultimate challenge. 166 00:07:33,396 --> 00:07:35,231 ‐ To this day, the movie has grossed 167 00:07:35,365 --> 00:07:38,001 an excess of $400 million, 168 00:07:38,134 --> 00:07:41,738 making it one of the most profitable films of all time. 169 00:07:41,871 --> 00:07:45,641 ‐ Bruce Lee on screen is just captivating. 170 00:07:45,775 --> 00:07:46,843 ‐ [grunts] 171 00:07:46,976 --> 00:07:49,545 ‐ You cannot take your eyes off of him. 172 00:07:49,679 --> 00:07:52,015 He's a shining, incandescent star, 173 00:07:52,148 --> 00:07:53,583 the kung fu hero, 174 00:07:53,716 --> 00:07:57,220 the idea of the Asian male as this martial arts master, 175 00:07:57,353 --> 00:07:59,422 who beats up all the bad guys. 176 00:07:59,555 --> 00:08:01,457 ‐ [high‐pitched shout] ‐ [groans] 177 00:08:01,591 --> 00:08:02,825 ♪ ♪ 178 00:08:02,959 --> 00:08:04,761 ‐ There was no question that he was the superstar 179 00:08:04,894 --> 00:08:06,529 of this particular movie. 180 00:08:06,662 --> 00:08:10,566 I think for young people of Asian descent, 181 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:12,902 and I think young people of all kinds of backgrounds 182 00:08:13,036 --> 00:08:16,706 all around the world, to be able to see that picture 183 00:08:16,839 --> 00:08:17,940 was transformative. 184 00:08:18,074 --> 00:08:19,642 It was, like, mind‐blowing. 185 00:08:19,776 --> 00:08:24,480 ♪ ♪ 186 00:08:24,614 --> 00:08:29,352 ‐ To this day, Bruce Lee is a global superstar and icon. 187 00:08:29,485 --> 00:08:32,655 In death, his life's dreams had come true. 188 00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:39,629 ♪ ♪ 189 00:08:39,762 --> 00:08:42,198 For Robert Lee and his sister Phoebe, 190 00:08:42,331 --> 00:08:45,735 the cruel timing of Bruce's passing still weighs heavily. 191 00:08:45,868 --> 00:08:48,738 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 192 00:08:49,705 --> 00:08:52,575 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 193 00:09:05,088 --> 00:09:08,658 ♪ ♪ 194 00:09:08,791 --> 00:09:11,761 ‐ Almost half a century after Bruce's passing, 195 00:09:11,894 --> 00:09:14,697 they are still haunted by rumors. 196 00:09:14,831 --> 00:09:16,566 ♪ ♪ 197 00:09:16,699 --> 00:09:19,936 ‐ After his death, so many stories floated around. 198 00:09:20,069 --> 00:09:21,571 Oh man. My goodness. 199 00:09:21,704 --> 00:09:22,738 ♪ ♪ 200 00:09:22,872 --> 00:09:24,006 Yeah, there's always this doubt. 201 00:09:24,140 --> 00:09:26,676 I mean, how? 202 00:09:26,809 --> 00:09:28,211 Why? 203 00:09:28,344 --> 00:09:30,179 I don't know, but if there's a doubt, 204 00:09:30,313 --> 00:09:31,981 there is a doubt, you know? 205 00:09:32,115 --> 00:09:33,583 That's all I can say. 206 00:09:33,716 --> 00:09:34,817 ♪ ♪ 207 00:09:34,951 --> 00:09:37,787 ‐ The official autopsy claims Bruce is killed 208 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,022 by an allergic reaction to aspirin 209 00:09:40,156 --> 00:09:42,425 in the painkiller he took. 210 00:09:42,558 --> 00:09:44,727 ‐ I mean, I think there was a perception on the part 211 00:09:44,861 --> 00:09:48,197 of everybody around the world, particularly in Hong Kong, 212 00:09:48,331 --> 00:09:50,066 that aspirin was just too ordinary 213 00:09:50,199 --> 00:09:53,269 to kill somebody so extraordinary. 214 00:09:53,402 --> 00:09:55,104 ‐ Is that really how Bruce died? 215 00:09:55,238 --> 00:09:57,106 I mean, it's hard for me to believe. 216 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,542 This was very difficult. 217 00:09:59,675 --> 00:10:02,011 I need answers about Bruce's death. 218 00:10:02,145 --> 00:10:03,613 ♪ ♪ 219 00:10:03,746 --> 00:10:04,981 ‐ At 72, 220 00:10:05,114 --> 00:10:08,050 Robert wants to understand why his brother died 221 00:10:08,184 --> 00:10:09,485 before it's too late. 222 00:10:09,619 --> 00:10:12,955 And he knows just the man to re‐investigate 223 00:10:13,089 --> 00:10:14,991 Bruce Lee's mysterious death. 224 00:10:15,124 --> 00:10:17,160 ‐ Hey, Robert. ‐ Hey, Philip! 225 00:10:17,293 --> 00:10:20,229 ‐ His old school friend, Philip Chan, 226 00:10:20,363 --> 00:10:22,165 a Hong Kong police detective 227 00:10:22,298 --> 00:10:26,002 during the city's most volatile decade, the 1970s. 228 00:10:26,135 --> 00:10:29,872 Chan investigated murders, gangland feuds, 229 00:10:30,006 --> 00:10:33,476 and Hong Kong's most high‐profile cases. 230 00:10:33,609 --> 00:10:35,111 ‐ I remember there was one time, 231 00:10:35,244 --> 00:10:37,580 he solved a hostage situation. 232 00:10:37,713 --> 00:10:40,783 He was able to get all the hostages out and all that. 233 00:10:40,917 --> 00:10:42,652 He became a hero. 234 00:10:42,785 --> 00:10:45,688 I know you are a stand‐up person, 235 00:10:45,821 --> 00:10:49,792 and you have done a lot of investigations, 236 00:10:49,926 --> 00:10:51,360 and I trust you, okay? 237 00:10:51,494 --> 00:10:54,263 So, Philip‐‐ so if you can really help me 238 00:10:54,397 --> 00:10:57,700 to come up with some good, solid information, 239 00:10:57,833 --> 00:11:01,370 I would really thank you so very much. 240 00:11:01,504 --> 00:11:03,272 ‐ Do you think there was foul play? 241 00:11:03,406 --> 00:11:05,608 ‐ You know, good question. 242 00:11:05,741 --> 00:11:08,177 You know, I would sure like to find out. 243 00:11:08,311 --> 00:11:09,845 ♪ ♪ 244 00:11:09,979 --> 00:11:12,014 ‐ The Hong Kong authorities keep the official records 245 00:11:12,148 --> 00:11:15,952 of any mysterious death out of the public domain, 246 00:11:16,085 --> 00:11:19,989 but Chan thinks these files could provide vital clues. 247 00:11:20,122 --> 00:11:23,459 ‐ I still have to get into the official record, 248 00:11:23,593 --> 00:11:24,794 the coroner's inquiry. 249 00:11:24,927 --> 00:11:26,729 ‐ Right. ‐ But I cannot get it myself. 250 00:11:26,862 --> 00:11:29,632 I need your authorization as a member of his family. 251 00:11:29,765 --> 00:11:32,068 ‐ Yes. I'll be more than happy to do that. 252 00:11:32,201 --> 00:11:33,536 ‐ Okay, okay, Robert, 253 00:11:33,669 --> 00:11:36,172 I think I would be very happy to help you. 254 00:11:36,305 --> 00:11:37,240 ‐ Thank you. 255 00:11:37,373 --> 00:11:40,443 ‐ The memory of a great hero, 256 00:11:40,576 --> 00:11:41,611 your beloved brother‐‐ 257 00:11:41,744 --> 00:11:44,347 I'm very interested, and I will help. 258 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,449 ‐ Thank you, Philip. I really appreciate that. 259 00:11:46,582 --> 00:11:47,783 You're very kind, really. 260 00:11:47,917 --> 00:11:49,785 From the bottom of my heart, really, thank you. 261 00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:51,254 ‐ Okay. So please wait for my call. 262 00:11:51,387 --> 00:11:52,688 ‐ I will. ‐ All right? 263 00:11:52,822 --> 00:11:58,728 ♪ ♪ 264 00:12:00,663 --> 00:12:03,799 ‐ As Bruce Lee passed away in Hong Kong, 265 00:12:03,933 --> 00:12:06,902 Philip Chan will center his investigation in this city. 266 00:12:07,036 --> 00:12:08,437 ♪ ♪ 267 00:12:08,571 --> 00:12:10,773 His first step is to reconstruct the day 268 00:12:10,906 --> 00:12:12,975 Bruce Lee died. 269 00:12:13,109 --> 00:12:16,178 He starts with veteran journalist Robert Chow. 270 00:12:16,312 --> 00:12:17,847 ♪ ♪ 271 00:12:17,980 --> 00:12:19,215 ‐ Come on in, come on in. 272 00:12:19,348 --> 00:12:20,283 ‐ Sorry to interrupt. 273 00:12:20,416 --> 00:12:21,751 ‐ No, no, no, no. 274 00:12:21,884 --> 00:12:22,885 ♪ ♪ 275 00:12:23,019 --> 00:12:24,754 ‐ In 1973, 276 00:12:24,887 --> 00:12:27,123 Robert Chow was an editor of one of Hong Kong's 277 00:12:27,256 --> 00:12:31,160 most popular English language newspapers, "The Star." 278 00:12:31,294 --> 00:12:32,695 ‐ Now, how did 279 00:12:32,828 --> 00:12:35,131 Bruce Lee's death come into your notice? 280 00:12:35,264 --> 00:12:38,634 ‐ It was on a Friday night, you know, the 20th, 281 00:12:38,768 --> 00:12:42,838 I think it was around about 11:00, 11:30 that night. 282 00:12:42,972 --> 00:12:46,776 Now we had stringers at hospitals. 283 00:12:46,909 --> 00:12:50,079 ‐ "The Star" relied on freelance journalists, 284 00:12:50,212 --> 00:12:51,914 known as stringers, 285 00:12:52,048 --> 00:12:53,349 who prowled Hong Kong 286 00:12:53,482 --> 00:12:56,652 searching for breaking news stories. 287 00:12:56,786 --> 00:13:00,456 ‐ And the stringer actually went to the police desk 288 00:13:00,589 --> 00:13:02,091 in the hospitals. 289 00:13:02,224 --> 00:13:06,629 So they did confirm that Bruce Lee was hospitalized, 290 00:13:06,762 --> 00:13:08,798 and he was dead on arrival. 291 00:13:08,931 --> 00:13:11,967 And then everybody went mad and, you know, crazy, 292 00:13:12,101 --> 00:13:14,937 and we all followed that up. 293 00:13:15,071 --> 00:13:18,607 That was how the story came about. 294 00:13:18,741 --> 00:13:20,776 ‐ Knowing that the press had the story, 295 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:23,245 Bruce's business partner, Raymond Chow, 296 00:13:23,379 --> 00:13:24,980 releases a statement, 297 00:13:25,114 --> 00:13:27,950 claiming Bruce collapsed at his family home 298 00:13:28,084 --> 00:13:30,619 while walking with his wife Linda. 299 00:13:30,753 --> 00:13:33,923 It is a story that soon unravels. 300 00:13:34,056 --> 00:13:38,594 ‐ It was about two days later that the news came out that, 301 00:13:38,728 --> 00:13:42,932 you know, Bruce Lee didn't die in his home 302 00:13:43,065 --> 00:13:46,702 as Raymond Chow claimed he did, right? 303 00:13:46,836 --> 00:13:48,771 This is actually the telex 304 00:13:48,904 --> 00:13:52,842 that says where Bruce Lee was actually found. 305 00:13:52,975 --> 00:13:54,343 ♪ ♪ 306 00:13:54,477 --> 00:13:56,645 Ambulance number A43 307 00:13:56,779 --> 00:13:58,280 was summoned to Beacon Hill Road, 308 00:13:58,414 --> 00:14:01,050 second floor, flat A2. 309 00:14:01,183 --> 00:14:05,154 A 32‐year‐old man was taken to Queen Elizabeth hospital, 310 00:14:05,287 --> 00:14:08,491 and he arrived at 2300 hours that night‐‐ 311 00:14:08,624 --> 00:14:11,927 certainly not Bruce Lee's home. 312 00:14:12,061 --> 00:14:13,729 ‐ This apartment on Beacon Hill 313 00:14:13,863 --> 00:14:18,234 is the home of 26‐year‐old actress Betty Ting Pei. 314 00:14:18,367 --> 00:14:21,370 It is here that Bruce Lee is found unconscious 315 00:14:21,504 --> 00:14:23,973 and not breathing in her bed. 316 00:14:24,106 --> 00:14:27,209 The pair were reportedly having an affair. 317 00:14:27,343 --> 00:14:29,779 ♪ ♪ 318 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:32,848 ‐ Why do you think Raymond Chow lied? 319 00:14:32,982 --> 00:14:36,719 ‐ What Raymond Chow wanted to do was to protect Linda. 320 00:14:36,852 --> 00:14:38,988 You know, it's bad enough your husband dies suddenly, 321 00:14:39,121 --> 00:14:42,425 and even worse was that he was actually in bed 322 00:14:42,558 --> 00:14:44,560 at his girlfriend's place. 323 00:14:44,693 --> 00:14:46,962 ♪ ♪ 324 00:14:47,096 --> 00:14:50,099 ‐ Raymond Chow told the press that Bruce Lee had collapsed 325 00:14:50,232 --> 00:14:53,569 at home with his wife to try to cover up the affair. 326 00:14:53,702 --> 00:14:55,137 ♪ ♪ 327 00:14:55,271 --> 00:14:57,640 And this turns this into the biggest scandal 328 00:14:57,773 --> 00:14:59,375 Hong Kong has ever seen. 329 00:14:59,508 --> 00:15:00,843 ♪ ♪ 330 00:15:00,976 --> 00:15:03,112 ‐ Because of Raymond Chow's deceit, 331 00:15:03,245 --> 00:15:06,482 the death of Bruce Lee is shrouded in mystery 332 00:15:06,615 --> 00:15:08,050 from the very beginning. 333 00:15:08,184 --> 00:15:10,719 ‐ The immediate thing the public learns 334 00:15:10,853 --> 00:15:12,988 is that they had‐‐were lying about where Bruce Lee died, 335 00:15:13,122 --> 00:15:15,558 and so their assumption, quite naturally, 336 00:15:15,691 --> 00:15:17,760 is what else did they lie about? 337 00:15:17,893 --> 00:15:19,628 Maybe they lied about how he died. 338 00:15:19,762 --> 00:15:20,296 ♪ ♪ 339 00:15:24,700 --> 00:15:26,368 ♪ ♪ 340 00:15:26,502 --> 00:15:28,237 ‐ In Hong Kong, former police detective Philip Chan's 341 00:15:28,370 --> 00:15:30,639 re‐investigation into Bruce Lee's death is underway. 342 00:15:30,773 --> 00:15:32,107 ♪ ♪ 343 00:15:32,241 --> 00:15:34,610 He has discovered that from the very beginning, 344 00:15:34,743 --> 00:15:36,679 the martial arts superstar's passing 345 00:15:36,812 --> 00:15:39,348 was shrouded in deceit and lies. 346 00:15:39,482 --> 00:15:40,916 ♪ ♪ 347 00:15:41,050 --> 00:15:43,786 ‐ Bruce Lee didn't die at his home, you know, 348 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:46,589 as Raymond Chow claimed he did. 349 00:15:46,722 --> 00:15:49,058 ♪ ♪ 350 00:15:49,191 --> 00:15:51,560 ‐ Nearly 50 years after the event, 351 00:15:51,694 --> 00:15:53,162 a myriad of rumors and theories 352 00:15:53,295 --> 00:15:55,831 still swirl around Bruce Lee's death. 353 00:15:55,965 --> 00:15:59,068 But with the help of Bruce's brother, Robert Lee, 354 00:15:59,201 --> 00:16:03,072 Chan has obtained documents which might contain the truth. 355 00:16:03,205 --> 00:16:06,075 ‐ In this envelope are Bruce Lee's death files, 356 00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:09,278 official documents from the court inquest into his death. 357 00:16:09,411 --> 00:16:11,947 These documents would include his autopsy reports, 358 00:16:12,081 --> 00:16:14,717 toxicology report, statements from witnesses, 359 00:16:14,850 --> 00:16:17,753 police officers, and medical officers. 360 00:16:17,887 --> 00:16:20,155 ‐ The Hong Kong government has never publicly 361 00:16:20,289 --> 00:16:21,457 released these records. 362 00:16:21,590 --> 00:16:25,060 ♪ ♪ 363 00:16:25,194 --> 00:16:27,663 At his office, Chan scours the evidence. 364 00:16:27,796 --> 00:16:28,998 ♪ ♪ 365 00:16:29,131 --> 00:16:30,332 ‐ I'm looking for inconsistencies 366 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,204 and for any decision which would be strange, dubious, 367 00:16:35,337 --> 00:16:37,373 and worthy of my further investigation. 368 00:16:37,506 --> 00:16:40,543 ‐ He creates a timeline of the day Bruce Lee died. 369 00:16:40,676 --> 00:16:42,411 ♪ ♪ 370 00:16:42,545 --> 00:16:44,847 On July 20th, 1973, 371 00:16:44,980 --> 00:16:47,449 Bruce arrives at the home of his alleged mistress, 372 00:16:47,583 --> 00:16:49,652 Betty Ting Pei, at 5:00 p. m. 373 00:16:49,785 --> 00:16:52,488 But he isn't alone. 374 00:16:52,621 --> 00:16:54,323 With him is Raymond Chow, 375 00:16:54,456 --> 00:16:56,659 Bruce Lee's business partner and producer 376 00:16:56,792 --> 00:16:59,028 on the film "Enter the Dragon." 377 00:16:59,161 --> 00:17:01,096 ‐ What I'm interested in is understanding 378 00:17:01,230 --> 00:17:02,998 what Betty Ting Pei, the actress, 379 00:17:03,132 --> 00:17:04,466 and Raymond Chow say happened 380 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,068 in the apartment that night. 381 00:17:06,201 --> 00:17:07,570 ♪ ♪ 382 00:17:07,703 --> 00:17:10,506 ‐ According to both witnesses, the three sit down 383 00:17:10,639 --> 00:17:13,375 and discuss the script for Bruce's planned follow‐up 384 00:17:13,509 --> 00:17:17,780 to "Enter the Dragon," a film called "Game of Death." 385 00:17:17,913 --> 00:17:20,115 ♪ ♪ 386 00:17:20,249 --> 00:17:23,419 At 7:00 p. m., he complains of a headache. 387 00:17:23,552 --> 00:17:24,954 ♪ ♪ 388 00:17:25,087 --> 00:17:28,357 Betty gives him a painkiller which contains aspirin. 389 00:17:28,490 --> 00:17:32,561 Bruce goes to sleep, and Raymond heads off for dinner, 390 00:17:32,695 --> 00:17:35,364 leaving just Bruce and Betty at the apartment. 391 00:17:35,497 --> 00:17:36,565 ♪ ♪ 392 00:17:36,699 --> 00:17:40,669 At 9:30, Raymond calls to check on Bruce. 393 00:17:40,803 --> 00:17:43,072 Betty says she can't wake him up. 394 00:17:43,205 --> 00:17:44,473 ‐ Bruce! 395 00:17:44,607 --> 00:17:48,911 ‐ Now, if you found somebody in your bed unconscious 396 00:17:49,044 --> 00:17:51,780 and unresponsive, what's the first thing you do? 397 00:17:51,914 --> 00:17:55,384 You dial 999, call an ambulance. 398 00:17:55,517 --> 00:17:57,286 But that's not what happened. 399 00:17:57,419 --> 00:17:59,855 ♪ ♪ 400 00:17:59,989 --> 00:18:03,258 ‐ Raymond tells the police he rushed back to the apartment 401 00:18:03,392 --> 00:18:06,095 and rang for medical assistance, 402 00:18:06,228 --> 00:18:09,298 but not for an ambulance. 403 00:18:09,431 --> 00:18:12,568 ‐ He called his personal doctor about 20 times, 404 00:18:12,701 --> 00:18:14,303 and there was no answer. 405 00:18:14,436 --> 00:18:17,673 Then he called Betty's personal doctor. 406 00:18:17,806 --> 00:18:19,208 ♪ ♪ 407 00:18:19,341 --> 00:18:22,511 ‐ Ten minutes later, Dr. Eugene Chu arrives... 408 00:18:22,645 --> 00:18:23,912 ♪ ♪ 409 00:18:24,046 --> 00:18:25,881 And finds Bruce is not breathing 410 00:18:26,015 --> 00:18:28,651 and there is no heartbeat. 411 00:18:28,784 --> 00:18:30,886 He tries CPR, 412 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:33,589 but can't revive him. 413 00:18:33,722 --> 00:18:35,124 ♪ ♪ 414 00:18:35,257 --> 00:18:37,893 It's Dr. Chu who finally calls the ambulance. 415 00:18:38,027 --> 00:18:39,528 ♪ ♪ 416 00:18:39,662 --> 00:18:44,133 ‐ Bruce doesn't get to the hospital until 11:00 p. m., 417 00:18:44,266 --> 00:18:46,368 a full hour and a quarter 418 00:18:46,502 --> 00:18:49,905 after he is first found unconscious and unresponsive. 419 00:18:50,039 --> 00:18:51,740 [somber music] 420 00:18:51,874 --> 00:18:55,644 ‐ Bruce Lee is officially declared dead at 11:30 p. m. 421 00:18:55,778 --> 00:18:58,947 ♪ ♪ 422 00:18:59,081 --> 00:19:00,816 When the public learns Bruce Lee died 423 00:19:00,949 --> 00:19:02,184 in Betty's apartment, 424 00:19:02,317 --> 00:19:05,154 she is seen as a prime suspect. 425 00:19:05,287 --> 00:19:09,324 ‐ The Bruce Lee‐Betty Ting Pei scenario 426 00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:12,161 is like one of the classic locked room mysteries, 427 00:19:12,294 --> 00:19:16,065 which is that Bruce, Raymond, Betty 428 00:19:16,198 --> 00:19:17,933 are together at Betty's apartment. 429 00:19:18,067 --> 00:19:20,069 Raymond leaves. 430 00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:21,670 Betty and Bruce are alone in the apartment. 431 00:19:21,804 --> 00:19:23,138 Bruce dies. 432 00:19:23,272 --> 00:19:25,441 Seeing as Bruce is the one that ended up dead, 433 00:19:25,574 --> 00:19:27,109 Betty must be the one responsible 434 00:19:27,242 --> 00:19:29,111 'cause there was nobody else there. 435 00:19:29,244 --> 00:19:30,779 ‐ Her lifestyle choices 436 00:19:30,913 --> 00:19:33,315 further fuel public suspicions. 437 00:19:33,449 --> 00:19:36,351 ‐ Betty Ting Pei ran with a fast crowd 438 00:19:36,485 --> 00:19:38,520 and was involved in the darker aspects 439 00:19:38,654 --> 00:19:43,358 of Hong Kong show business and the underworld. 440 00:19:43,492 --> 00:19:45,594 ‐ There are death threats against Betty Ting Pei, 441 00:19:45,728 --> 00:19:48,163 and there were bombing threats that occurred 442 00:19:48,297 --> 00:19:52,201 where the bombers wrote on the‐‐on the bomb, 443 00:19:52,334 --> 00:19:55,571 "Betty Ting Pei knows why Bruce Lee died." 444 00:19:55,704 --> 00:19:58,407 ‐ But she wasn't the only person in the apartment. 445 00:19:58,540 --> 00:20:00,909 Raymond Chow was also in her home 446 00:20:01,043 --> 00:20:02,344 on the night Bruce Lee died. 447 00:20:02,478 --> 00:20:05,848 ‐ Why was Raymond so slow in giving Bruce 448 00:20:05,981 --> 00:20:08,717 the medical help that he needed so desperately? 449 00:20:08,851 --> 00:20:11,053 ♪ ♪ 450 00:20:11,186 --> 00:20:13,222 ‐ Over the years, questions have been raised 451 00:20:13,355 --> 00:20:16,525 about his role in Bruce Lee's death. 452 00:20:16,658 --> 00:20:20,662 ‐ Raymond's persona as a shadowy figure, 453 00:20:20,796 --> 00:20:22,297 as a bad guy, 454 00:20:22,431 --> 00:20:26,835 as the untrustworthy element in the equation, 455 00:20:26,969 --> 00:20:28,871 it comes from a very obvious scenario, 456 00:20:29,004 --> 00:20:30,939 which was that it was show business, 457 00:20:31,073 --> 00:20:32,341 and Bruce handled the show, 458 00:20:32,474 --> 00:20:34,343 and Raymond handled the business. 459 00:20:34,476 --> 00:20:36,278 ‐ Raymond built up his company, Golden Harvest, 460 00:20:36,411 --> 00:20:38,714 from nothing to being a leading studio 461 00:20:38,847 --> 00:20:41,683 in Hong Kong's movie industry, but in doing so, 462 00:20:41,817 --> 00:20:44,887 he also built up a reputation for ruthlessness. 463 00:20:45,020 --> 00:20:48,390 ‐ Raymond Chow was known as the Smiling Face Tiger 464 00:20:48,524 --> 00:20:51,126 because he would smile to your face and nod 465 00:20:51,293 --> 00:20:54,863 and agree to everything, and then he would rip you apart 466 00:20:54,997 --> 00:20:56,298 when you turned your back to him. 467 00:20:56,431 --> 00:20:58,567 ♪ ♪ 468 00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:00,969 ‐ Raymond and Bruce had made three films before 469 00:21:01,103 --> 00:21:02,504 "Enter the Dragon." 470 00:21:02,638 --> 00:21:05,474 All three had broken box office records in Hong Kong. 471 00:21:05,607 --> 00:21:08,177 But in the months before Bruce's death, 472 00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:11,246 the two were openly clashing over money. 473 00:21:11,380 --> 00:21:14,950 ‐ Bruce Lee was growing in frustration 474 00:21:15,083 --> 00:21:16,585 about what he perceived 475 00:21:16,718 --> 00:21:19,288 as being the inaccurate accounting, 476 00:21:19,421 --> 00:21:21,023 and that he had not had the money back 477 00:21:21,156 --> 00:21:22,357 from his films that he should've done. 478 00:21:22,491 --> 00:21:25,994 He would just confront Raymond and say, 479 00:21:26,128 --> 00:21:27,763 "Okay, I'm seeing in the trades 480 00:21:27,896 --> 00:21:29,398 "the movie's made this much money. 481 00:21:29,531 --> 00:21:30,999 Where's mine?" 482 00:21:31,133 --> 00:21:32,367 ‐ In response, 483 00:21:32,501 --> 00:21:34,603 Bruce had started talking to other studios 484 00:21:34,736 --> 00:21:37,039 about making films without Raymond, 485 00:21:37,172 --> 00:21:39,041 leaving Golden Harvest in danger 486 00:21:39,174 --> 00:21:41,977 of losing its golden goose. 487 00:21:42,077 --> 00:21:44,580 ‐ There's no studio who wants to lose their biggest star 488 00:21:44,713 --> 00:21:46,215 to some other studio. 489 00:21:46,348 --> 00:21:49,051 And I think the situation was even more extreme 490 00:21:49,184 --> 00:21:51,353 for Golden Harvest, because Bruce Lee 491 00:21:51,486 --> 00:21:54,823 was such a dominant part of their revenue stream. 492 00:21:54,957 --> 00:21:58,293 Probably 80% of their revenues was based on Bruce Lee. 493 00:21:58,427 --> 00:22:01,496 So it was an existential threat to have Bruce Lee leave. 494 00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:03,932 ♪ ♪ 495 00:22:04,066 --> 00:22:05,467 ‐ Public suspicion has continued 496 00:22:05,601 --> 00:22:08,570 to swirl around Raymond Chow and Betty Ting Pei. 497 00:22:08,704 --> 00:22:10,505 But in 1973, 498 00:22:10,639 --> 00:22:13,475 both were cleared of any wrongdoing. 499 00:22:13,609 --> 00:22:15,944 ‐ Obviously, the authorities didn't think 500 00:22:16,078 --> 00:22:17,713 there was any suspicious circumstances, 501 00:22:17,846 --> 00:22:21,850 and there was no foul play, but why did they rule that out? 502 00:22:21,984 --> 00:22:26,421 ♪ ♪ 503 00:22:26,555 --> 00:22:28,590 ♪ ♪ 504 00:22:28,724 --> 00:22:30,959 ‐ Former Hong Kong police detective Philip Chan 505 00:22:31,093 --> 00:22:32,794 has zeroed in on two people of interest 506 00:22:32,928 --> 00:22:34,997 in his investigation of Bruce Lee's death‐‐ 507 00:22:35,130 --> 00:22:36,932 Bruce Lee's alleged mistress, Betty Ting Pei, 508 00:22:37,065 --> 00:22:39,401 and his business partner and collaborator, 509 00:22:39,534 --> 00:22:42,804 Raymond Chow, owner of Golden Harvest Films. 510 00:22:42,938 --> 00:22:44,640 ‐ Do you think there was foul play? 511 00:22:44,773 --> 00:22:46,842 ‐ I would sure like to find out. 512 00:22:46,975 --> 00:22:49,711 ‐ With the aid of Bruce's surviving brother Robert, 513 00:22:49,845 --> 00:22:51,113 Chan's been able to get access 514 00:22:51,246 --> 00:22:54,016 to previously unreleased documents. 515 00:22:54,149 --> 00:22:56,518 ‐ This is a death certificate 516 00:22:56,652 --> 00:23:00,489 issued by the Hong Kong Register of Births and Deaths. 517 00:23:00,622 --> 00:23:01,957 And there it states, "The cause of death 518 00:23:02,090 --> 00:23:06,428 was acute cerebral edema due to hypersensitivities." 519 00:23:06,561 --> 00:23:08,297 ♪ ♪ 520 00:23:08,430 --> 00:23:11,133 ‐ Cerebral edema is swelling of the brain. 521 00:23:11,266 --> 00:23:12,834 The authorities claim it was triggered 522 00:23:12,968 --> 00:23:15,470 by a hypersensitivity, or allergy, 523 00:23:15,604 --> 00:23:17,372 that Bruce Lee had to the aspirin 524 00:23:17,506 --> 00:23:20,342 in the painkiller Betty gave him. 525 00:23:20,475 --> 00:23:22,277 ‐ Then we come to "death by misadventure." 526 00:23:22,411 --> 00:23:24,346 This means that the death is considered to have been caused 527 00:23:24,479 --> 00:23:26,648 by an accident, which happened 528 00:23:26,782 --> 00:23:29,584 because of a risk that the person took voluntarily. 529 00:23:29,718 --> 00:23:32,521 ‐ The authorities decided that Betty didn't know 530 00:23:32,654 --> 00:23:35,624 Bruce would have a fatal reaction to the tablet. 531 00:23:35,757 --> 00:23:38,360 ‐ Obviously, the authorities didn't think there was 532 00:23:38,493 --> 00:23:41,596 any suspicious circumstances and there was no foul play. 533 00:23:41,730 --> 00:23:44,566 But when did they come to that conclusion? 534 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:47,202 Why did they rule that out? 535 00:23:47,336 --> 00:23:50,539 ‐ This official verdict is based on one big assumption: 536 00:23:50,672 --> 00:23:53,108 the fatal swelling of Bruce's brain 537 00:23:53,241 --> 00:23:55,477 was caused by the aspirin in the painkiller. 538 00:23:55,610 --> 00:23:58,647 ♪ ♪ 539 00:23:58,780 --> 00:24:01,984 But does the evidence back this up? 540 00:24:02,117 --> 00:24:05,487 ♪ ♪ 541 00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:07,356 Chan is on his way to the office 542 00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:10,459 of one of Hong Kong's foremost forensic pathologists, 543 00:24:10,592 --> 00:24:12,127 Dr. Philip Beh, 544 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:14,029 to review a key document in Bruce Lee's 545 00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:16,231 death files‐‐the autopsy. 546 00:24:16,365 --> 00:24:17,966 ‐ Hi, Philip. ‐ Hello. 547 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,201 Thank you for having me. 548 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:20,802 ‐ No, not at all. ‐ Yeah. 549 00:24:20,936 --> 00:24:25,941 Well, I brought some documents relating to Bruce Lee's death. 550 00:24:26,074 --> 00:24:27,309 ‐ Okay. ‐ The first thing I would like 551 00:24:27,442 --> 00:24:30,879 to find out is about the cerebral edema. 552 00:24:31,013 --> 00:24:32,247 ‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ I know, in layman terms, 553 00:24:32,381 --> 00:24:33,915 it means a swelling of the brain. 554 00:24:34,049 --> 00:24:36,752 ‐ Yeah. ‐ But how does it kill you? 555 00:24:36,885 --> 00:24:38,787 ‐ Oh, it's simple. Let me show you. 556 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,889 ♪ ♪ 557 00:24:41,023 --> 00:24:43,325 The brain fills up 558 00:24:43,458 --> 00:24:46,962 almost all the space in the skull. 559 00:24:47,095 --> 00:24:50,132 There's very little spare space. 560 00:24:50,265 --> 00:24:54,836 As soon as the brain swells, where is it gonna go? 561 00:24:54,970 --> 00:24:56,605 There's nowhere to go. 562 00:24:56,738 --> 00:24:57,973 ♪ ♪ 563 00:24:58,106 --> 00:25:00,709 Now, this is the underside of the brain. 564 00:25:00,842 --> 00:25:02,878 This is your brainstem. 565 00:25:03,011 --> 00:25:05,781 This controls your breathing. 566 00:25:05,914 --> 00:25:10,252 And this is exactly sitting against the bone here. 567 00:25:10,385 --> 00:25:13,922 So when this brain swells, 568 00:25:14,056 --> 00:25:15,957 it's pushed down, 569 00:25:16,091 --> 00:25:19,494 and that brainstem gets crushed. 570 00:25:19,628 --> 00:25:20,762 So you can't breathe. 571 00:25:20,896 --> 00:25:23,732 And when you can't breathe, of course you will die. 572 00:25:23,865 --> 00:25:26,234 ♪ ♪ 573 00:25:26,368 --> 00:25:29,438 Okay, so this is the autopsy report. 574 00:25:29,571 --> 00:25:31,273 ♪ ♪ 575 00:25:31,406 --> 00:25:33,909 ‐ If Bruce's fatal cerebral edema really was caused 576 00:25:34,042 --> 00:25:35,644 by an allergic reaction, 577 00:25:35,777 --> 00:25:39,247 Dr. Beh would expect the autopsy to note skin rashes 578 00:25:39,381 --> 00:25:42,617 and swelling across many parts of Bruce's body. 579 00:25:42,751 --> 00:25:44,052 ♪ ♪ 580 00:25:44,186 --> 00:25:46,922 ‐ No description of swelling of the eyes, 581 00:25:47,055 --> 00:25:48,990 of the lips, 582 00:25:49,124 --> 00:25:51,126 or of the tongue. 583 00:25:51,259 --> 00:25:54,996 No mention that there was any skin rash, okay? 584 00:25:55,130 --> 00:25:57,699 And... 585 00:25:57,833 --> 00:26:01,937 if you‐‐yep, here it talks about the respiratory system. 586 00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:04,506 So the airways‐‐ there's no swelling. 587 00:26:04,639 --> 00:26:07,342 So nothing‐‐ there's nothing here 588 00:26:07,476 --> 00:26:10,946 that would suggest to us that Bruce Lee 589 00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:14,883 had a allergic reaction that would kill. 590 00:26:15,016 --> 00:26:16,785 ♪ ♪ 591 00:26:16,918 --> 00:26:19,221 ‐ Basically what you're saying is that Bruce Lee did not die 592 00:26:19,354 --> 00:26:21,490 because of this taking aspirin. 593 00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:25,293 ‐ Personally, if you ask me, I don't think so. 594 00:26:25,427 --> 00:26:28,330 The autopsy report shows no evidence 595 00:26:28,463 --> 00:26:31,199 that there was a allergic reaction. 596 00:26:31,333 --> 00:26:34,503 ‐ In 1973, the authorities misinterpreted 597 00:26:34,636 --> 00:26:37,172 the evidence in the autopsy. 598 00:26:37,305 --> 00:26:39,341 The fatal swelling of Bruce Lee's brain 599 00:26:39,474 --> 00:26:43,578 must have been caused by something other than aspirin. 600 00:26:43,712 --> 00:26:44,880 ‐ So what's the latest? 601 00:26:45,013 --> 00:26:49,017 ‐ I've talked to one of the top forensic pathologists 602 00:26:49,151 --> 00:26:51,920 in Hong Kong, and, well, he told me 603 00:26:52,053 --> 00:26:54,990 that there wasn't‐‐you know, wasn't a shred of evidence 604 00:26:55,123 --> 00:26:58,760 that your brother died of an aspirin. 605 00:26:58,894 --> 00:27:00,829 ‐ Okay. ‐ So yeah. 606 00:27:00,962 --> 00:27:02,030 ‐ So what‐‐ 607 00:27:02,164 --> 00:27:03,965 ‐ So we have to cover the other angle. 608 00:27:04,099 --> 00:27:05,901 One of the first things that I would like to look into 609 00:27:06,034 --> 00:27:08,303 would be foul play. ‐ Mm. 610 00:27:08,436 --> 00:27:11,106 ‐ During those months, in maybe May, 611 00:27:11,239 --> 00:27:13,408 June, or July, 612 00:27:13,542 --> 00:27:17,979 did he tell you any stories about any encounters‐‐ 613 00:27:18,113 --> 00:27:19,681 you know, unusual encounters, 614 00:27:19,814 --> 00:27:23,585 like fights or, you know, challenges? 615 00:27:23,718 --> 00:27:25,587 And physically, did he bear any signs 616 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,056 or anything that was‐‐ that was unusual? 617 00:27:28,190 --> 00:27:30,292 ‐ He did mention that, you know, 618 00:27:30,425 --> 00:27:34,663 he was challenged by one person on the set. 619 00:27:34,796 --> 00:27:38,333 You know, he actually walked up to Bruce during a break 620 00:27:38,466 --> 00:27:40,702 and says that, you know, 621 00:27:40,835 --> 00:27:44,773 "Well, Bruce Lee, you know, I've seen action fighting, 622 00:27:44,906 --> 00:27:48,677 "you know, your heroism on the silver screen, 623 00:27:48,810 --> 00:27:52,214 "but I don't know how well you can do, 624 00:27:52,347 --> 00:27:54,549 I mean, in life‐‐person." 625 00:27:54,683 --> 00:27:55,817 ‐ Mm. 626 00:27:55,951 --> 00:27:58,220 ♪ ♪ 627 00:27:58,353 --> 00:28:00,455 ‐ The Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s 628 00:28:00,589 --> 00:28:02,657 was notoriously rough and violent, 629 00:28:02,791 --> 00:28:05,493 and Bruce Lee reportedly did make enemies, 630 00:28:05,627 --> 00:28:08,897 some with connections to the city's seedy underworld, 631 00:28:09,030 --> 00:28:10,298 ‐ In 1970s, 632 00:28:10,432 --> 00:28:12,367 Hong Kong is not the Wild West. 633 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:13,635 It was the wild east. 634 00:28:17,706 --> 00:28:20,308 ♪ ♪ 635 00:28:20,442 --> 00:28:22,143 ‐ In 1973, Bruce Lee died from swelling of the brain. 636 00:28:22,277 --> 00:28:24,112 The authorities ruled this was caused 637 00:28:24,246 --> 00:28:27,282 by a fatal reaction to aspirin. 638 00:28:27,415 --> 00:28:28,917 But a leading forensic pathologist 639 00:28:29,050 --> 00:28:31,753 has cast doubt on this verdict. 640 00:28:31,886 --> 00:28:34,623 ‐ The autopsy report shows no evidence 641 00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:37,058 that there was a allergic reaction. 642 00:28:37,192 --> 00:28:39,561 ‐ Basically what you're saying is that Bruce Lee did not die 643 00:28:39,694 --> 00:28:41,696 because of this taking aspirin. 644 00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:43,565 ‐ I don't think so. 645 00:28:43,698 --> 00:28:45,900 ‐ If aspirin didn't cause the deadly swelling 646 00:28:46,034 --> 00:28:48,870 of Bruce Lee's brain, what did? 647 00:28:49,004 --> 00:28:51,406 Could the answer lie in Bruce Lee's past? 648 00:28:51,539 --> 00:28:53,341 ♪ ♪ 649 00:28:53,475 --> 00:28:56,478 Growing up in Hong Kong, Chan remembers hearing stories 650 00:28:56,611 --> 00:29:00,382 about Bruce Lee's legendary love of violence and fighting. 651 00:29:00,515 --> 00:29:02,450 ♪ ♪ 652 00:29:02,584 --> 00:29:06,354 Bruce Lee's mother gave birth in San Francisco at 7:12 a. m. 653 00:29:06,488 --> 00:29:08,857 on November 27th, 1940. 654 00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:10,992 According to the Chinese Zodiac, 655 00:29:11,126 --> 00:29:14,296 Bruce was born in the Hour and the Year of the Dragon. 656 00:29:14,429 --> 00:29:15,463 ♪ ♪ 657 00:29:15,597 --> 00:29:18,933 ‐ The dragon represents the pinnacle of power, 658 00:29:19,067 --> 00:29:23,338 and the sort of myth, the legend of Bruce Lee 659 00:29:23,471 --> 00:29:28,143 is really bound up with this symbol of him as a dragon. 660 00:29:28,276 --> 00:29:31,713 ‐ From childhood, Bruce lived up to his birth sign. 661 00:29:31,846 --> 00:29:33,982 He was infamous for his fiery temper. 662 00:29:34,115 --> 00:29:37,018 ‐ Oh, yeah. Don't cross Bruce. 663 00:29:40,455 --> 00:29:43,458 ‐ But it was Bruce's short fuse that led him 664 00:29:43,591 --> 00:29:46,795 to the martial arts skill which made him famous. 665 00:30:03,578 --> 00:30:06,281 ♪ ♪ 666 00:30:06,414 --> 00:30:10,318 Bruce Lee's family moved back to Hong Kong in 1941. 667 00:30:10,452 --> 00:30:12,954 Growing up in the city in the 1950s, 668 00:30:13,088 --> 00:30:14,823 Bruce studied Wing Chun, 669 00:30:14,956 --> 00:30:18,059 a style of closeup fighting that uses quick arm movements 670 00:30:18,193 --> 00:30:21,629 and powerful kicks to defeat opponents. 671 00:30:21,763 --> 00:30:23,298 ‐ Pa‐ta, pa‐ta. 672 00:30:23,431 --> 00:30:25,600 ‐ He learned this skill alongside this man, 673 00:30:25,734 --> 00:30:28,236 Chan Chee Man. 674 00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:30,972 Their teacher was a kung fu legend. 675 00:30:33,641 --> 00:30:35,243 ♪ ♪ 676 00:30:49,224 --> 00:30:50,759 ♪ ♪ 677 00:30:50,892 --> 00:30:52,460 ‐ In recent years, 678 00:30:52,594 --> 00:30:56,564 the Grandmaster Ip Man has risen to mythical status, 679 00:30:56,698 --> 00:30:59,067 even spawning a series of movies about his life. 680 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,770 [gentle Chinese string music] 681 00:31:01,903 --> 00:31:03,204 But much of his fame 682 00:31:03,338 --> 00:31:05,740 comes from one very naturally gifted student, 683 00:31:05,874 --> 00:31:08,543 Bruce Lee. 684 00:31:08,676 --> 00:31:10,078 ♪ ♪ 685 00:31:26,694 --> 00:31:28,329 ♪ ♪ 686 00:31:28,463 --> 00:31:32,100 ‐ Then a British colony, Hong Kong was rough, chaotic, 687 00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:35,437 and flooded with refugees fleeing communist China. 688 00:31:35,570 --> 00:31:38,306 Bruce found this the ideal place to show off 689 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,476 his natural skills and vent his anger. 690 00:31:47,015 --> 00:31:48,550 ♪ ♪ 691 00:31:48,683 --> 00:31:49,984 In crowded Hong Kong, 692 00:31:50,118 --> 00:31:52,220 students from rival kung fu schools 693 00:31:52,353 --> 00:31:54,122 staged bloody challenge fights 694 00:31:54,255 --> 00:31:56,758 wherever they could find space. 695 00:32:09,070 --> 00:32:10,772 ♪ ♪ 696 00:32:10,905 --> 00:32:12,440 ‐ When he was seven years old, 697 00:32:12,574 --> 00:32:15,343 Carmel Chow became one of a small number of people 698 00:32:15,477 --> 00:32:18,513 to have witnessed Bruce Lee fighting for real. 699 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:20,748 ♪ ♪ 700 00:32:20,882 --> 00:32:23,785 ‐ There's only one fight which I saw myself, 701 00:32:23,918 --> 00:32:27,422 which is up the rooftop of this building. 702 00:32:27,555 --> 00:32:29,991 ♪ ♪ 703 00:32:30,124 --> 00:32:32,794 I begged my brother to take me up, you know, to watch. 704 00:32:32,927 --> 00:32:34,362 He didn't want me to go there, 705 00:32:34,496 --> 00:32:36,698 because obviously it wasn't suitable for me, 706 00:32:36,831 --> 00:32:39,067 but I insist that he took me there. 707 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,436 ‐ Even though he was only 17, 708 00:32:41,569 --> 00:32:44,572 Bruce was an old hand at these challenge matches. 709 00:32:44,706 --> 00:32:49,310 ‐ Let's go to the rooftop now, where the fight took place. 710 00:32:49,444 --> 00:32:51,713 ♪ ♪ 711 00:32:51,846 --> 00:32:54,282 Fight happened here. 712 00:32:54,415 --> 00:32:56,885 Bruce came up with his mates, 713 00:32:57,018 --> 00:32:58,686 yelling, shouting. 714 00:32:58,820 --> 00:33:02,457 So when the guy says "ready," and they start the fight. 715 00:33:02,590 --> 00:33:05,660 ‐ [shouting] 716 00:33:05,793 --> 00:33:08,129 ‐ And within minutes, 717 00:33:08,263 --> 00:33:11,533 the other guy was been knock off, been hit badly, 718 00:33:11,666 --> 00:33:15,236 and Bruce walk away within no time. 719 00:33:15,370 --> 00:33:16,738 So it happened very quickly. 720 00:33:16,871 --> 00:33:20,041 And I saw the other guy lying somewhere here, I think, 721 00:33:20,174 --> 00:33:22,810 with blood in his face, really badly injured, 722 00:33:22,944 --> 00:33:25,313 his whole‐‐ bashed about by Bruce. 723 00:33:25,446 --> 00:33:28,683 ♪ ♪ 724 00:33:28,816 --> 00:33:30,752 ‐ I think he came back with a black eye. 725 00:33:30,885 --> 00:33:33,121 It was the first time I saw Bruce with a black eye. 726 00:33:33,254 --> 00:33:35,723 And I say, "Wow, what happened?" 727 00:33:35,857 --> 00:33:37,358 He said, "You know, 728 00:33:37,492 --> 00:33:39,794 "I got a black eye, but you know what? 729 00:33:39,928 --> 00:33:41,229 "My opponent, 730 00:33:41,362 --> 00:33:43,932 he lost a lot of teeth, you know, from the fight." 731 00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:44,999 [chuckles] You know? 732 00:33:45,133 --> 00:33:46,935 "So I know I won." [laughs] 733 00:33:52,106 --> 00:33:54,175 ♪ ♪ 734 00:33:54,309 --> 00:33:57,078 ‐ Martial arts did prove a perfect release 735 00:33:57,211 --> 00:33:58,846 for Bruce's temper, 736 00:33:58,980 --> 00:34:03,017 but his love of fighting also landed him in trouble. 737 00:34:03,151 --> 00:34:04,886 ‐ Around 1958, 738 00:34:05,019 --> 00:34:07,422 as Bruce was involved in so many fights, 739 00:34:07,555 --> 00:34:11,025 you know, he was being observed by the police. 740 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:14,429 ♪ ♪ 741 00:34:20,635 --> 00:34:21,569 [laughs] 742 00:34:21,703 --> 00:34:22,837 ‐ He said, you know, 743 00:34:22,971 --> 00:34:25,073 "If your son gets involved in another fight, 744 00:34:25,206 --> 00:34:28,476 we'll definitely, you know, take him to jail." 745 00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:30,578 ♪ ♪ 746 00:34:30,712 --> 00:34:33,114 ‐ Bruce's parents took radical action, 747 00:34:33,247 --> 00:34:35,283 sending the 18 year old to the United States 748 00:34:35,416 --> 00:34:37,919 with just a $100 in his pocket. 749 00:34:38,052 --> 00:34:39,354 ♪ ♪ 750 00:34:39,487 --> 00:34:42,223 But as this footage from 1965 reveals, 751 00:34:42,357 --> 00:34:43,958 Bruce gets his big break in Hollywood 752 00:34:44,092 --> 00:34:45,326 because of the talents he learned 753 00:34:45,493 --> 00:34:47,395 on the rooftops of Hong Kong. 754 00:34:47,528 --> 00:34:49,197 ‐ What's interesting about Bruce Lee, 755 00:34:49,330 --> 00:34:50,665 when you see him in that screen test, 756 00:34:50,798 --> 00:34:53,267 is he's got this real charisma. 757 00:34:53,401 --> 00:34:55,536 They ask him to show some punches and kicks, 758 00:34:55,670 --> 00:34:58,640 and he grabs this, like, 60‐year‐old cameraman... 759 00:34:58,773 --> 00:35:00,375 [punch whooshes] And has him stand there 760 00:35:00,508 --> 00:35:02,977 while he throws these punches 761 00:35:03,077 --> 00:35:05,246 that are faster than the eye can see, 762 00:35:05,380 --> 00:35:07,482 but, like, millimeters from the man's face. 763 00:35:07,615 --> 00:35:09,984 [kicks whooshing] 764 00:35:10,118 --> 00:35:12,253 No one had ever seen this before. 765 00:35:12,387 --> 00:35:14,355 So this is the break that he needs 766 00:35:14,489 --> 00:35:16,724 to launch his sort of Hollywood career. 767 00:35:16,858 --> 00:35:19,527 ♪ ♪ 768 00:35:19,661 --> 00:35:21,663 ‐ It is this spellbinding display 769 00:35:21,796 --> 00:35:23,731 that lands Bruce his breakout role 770 00:35:23,865 --> 00:35:27,001 as the Green Hornet sidekick and driver Kato. 771 00:35:27,135 --> 00:35:30,438 ‐ Each week, ride with Kato and the Green Hornet 772 00:35:30,571 --> 00:35:33,574 on their relentless fight against crime. 773 00:35:33,708 --> 00:35:35,176 ‐ But despite his star billing, 774 00:35:35,309 --> 00:35:37,779 Bruce is treated as a second‐class citizen. 775 00:35:37,912 --> 00:35:40,381 ‐ He didn't want to play the part of Kato, initially. 776 00:35:40,515 --> 00:35:42,950 He had to play the house boy to a white guy. 777 00:35:43,084 --> 00:35:44,318 ‐ I'm with you, boss. 778 00:35:44,452 --> 00:35:46,454 ‐ He was telling me how disappointed he was, 779 00:35:46,587 --> 00:35:50,258 you know, not being used as the main character. 780 00:35:50,391 --> 00:35:52,093 But I guess back in the '60s, you know, 781 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:54,395 there's still discrimination going on. 782 00:35:54,529 --> 00:35:58,599 ‐ Kato strikes with the deadly art of kung fu. 783 00:35:58,733 --> 00:36:00,835 ‐ He was paid the worst of any of the actors, 784 00:36:00,968 --> 00:36:03,571 even though he was the second lead in the show. 785 00:36:03,705 --> 00:36:06,607 He got paid half of what the secretary, 786 00:36:06,741 --> 00:36:10,244 who had no lines on "The Green Hornet," got paid. 787 00:36:10,378 --> 00:36:11,746 The ratings start off pretty good, 788 00:36:11,879 --> 00:36:14,649 but then they take a nosedive and it gets canceled. 789 00:36:14,782 --> 00:36:16,350 ♪ ♪ 790 00:36:16,484 --> 00:36:18,286 ‐ After just 26 episodes, 791 00:36:18,419 --> 00:36:21,456 Bruce's first taste of U. S. stardom is over. 792 00:36:21,589 --> 00:36:23,925 He is now another jobless actor in L. A. 793 00:36:24,058 --> 00:36:27,261 But as a non‐white male, he finds it difficult to land 794 00:36:27,395 --> 00:36:30,531 the lead roles he feels his talent deserves. 795 00:36:30,665 --> 00:36:34,268 ‐ Back in '69, he only had $50 left in the bank. 796 00:36:34,402 --> 00:36:35,636 That's what Bruce told her. 797 00:36:35,770 --> 00:36:39,574 So he decided that maybe he should get a job 798 00:36:39,707 --> 00:36:41,776 as a security guard. 799 00:36:41,909 --> 00:36:43,678 But Linda said, "No, no, no, you can't. 800 00:36:43,811 --> 00:36:44,746 "You cannot do that. 801 00:36:44,879 --> 00:36:46,914 "Because once you start doing that, 802 00:36:47,048 --> 00:36:49,217 "Hollywood will not use you anymore, 803 00:36:49,350 --> 00:36:52,854 because, you know, you've really gone downhill." 804 00:36:52,987 --> 00:36:54,589 ♪ ♪ 805 00:36:54,722 --> 00:36:58,726 ‐ But there is opportunity on the other side of the Pacific. 806 00:36:58,860 --> 00:37:00,928 Raymond Chow offers Bruce Lee a movie deal 807 00:37:01,062 --> 00:37:04,799 with his new studio, Golden Harvest, in Hong Kong. 808 00:37:04,932 --> 00:37:06,734 ‐ Bruce Lee very much was worried 809 00:37:06,868 --> 00:37:09,504 that he would make a movie that was terrible. 810 00:37:09,637 --> 00:37:11,906 And so he wanted control over the script 811 00:37:12,039 --> 00:37:14,776 and the martial arts choreography in the movie. 812 00:37:14,909 --> 00:37:16,043 And Raymond Chow said, 813 00:37:16,177 --> 00:37:17,178 "I'll give you whatever you want," 814 00:37:17,311 --> 00:37:19,380 because Raymond Chow was desperate. 815 00:37:19,514 --> 00:37:23,417 ‐ Bruce jumps at the chance to return to Hong Kong. 816 00:37:23,551 --> 00:37:27,255 But could this choice be linked to his death? 817 00:37:27,388 --> 00:37:29,757 ♪ ♪ 818 00:37:29,891 --> 00:37:31,793 Philip Chan wants to understand 819 00:37:31,926 --> 00:37:34,095 if Bruce Lee's short fuse 820 00:37:34,228 --> 00:37:37,265 made him enemies in 1970s Hong Kong. 821 00:37:37,398 --> 00:37:40,868 ♪ ♪ 822 00:37:41,002 --> 00:37:42,336 On his return to the city, 823 00:37:42,470 --> 00:37:45,072 Bruce instantly struck up close relationships 824 00:37:45,206 --> 00:37:46,607 with his stuntmen, 825 00:37:46,741 --> 00:37:50,044 socializing with them both on and off set. 826 00:37:50,178 --> 00:37:52,814 One of them was Ah Be. 827 00:37:52,947 --> 00:37:54,482 ‐ Ah Be. ‐ [speaking Chinese] 828 00:37:54,615 --> 00:37:56,450 ‐ When you did "Enter the Dragon," 829 00:37:56,584 --> 00:37:58,619 you were very, very young. 830 00:37:58,753 --> 00:38:00,121 How old were you? 831 00:38:04,458 --> 00:38:05,560 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 832 00:38:14,302 --> 00:38:15,536 ♪ ♪ 833 00:38:15,670 --> 00:38:17,305 ‐ The Po‐Hing snooker club 834 00:38:17,438 --> 00:38:19,607 was a place where movie stars rubbed shoulders with members 835 00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:23,444 of Hong Kong's organized crime gangs, the Triads. 836 00:38:23,578 --> 00:38:26,347 These mobsters controlled much of the city 837 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,950 from nightclubs, bars, and movie theaters, 838 00:38:29,083 --> 00:38:32,286 to gambling, massage parlors, and opiate. 839 00:38:32,420 --> 00:38:34,622 They were infamous for handing out brutal 840 00:38:34,755 --> 00:38:39,327 and often fatal beatings to anyone who stood in their way. 841 00:38:39,460 --> 00:38:42,830 ‐ In 1970s, Hong Kong is not the Wild West. 842 00:38:42,964 --> 00:38:43,798 It was the wild east. 843 00:38:43,931 --> 00:38:45,366 ♪ ♪ 844 00:38:45,499 --> 00:38:48,302 I mean, Sammo Hung, who Bruce Lee had fought 845 00:38:48,436 --> 00:38:50,404 at the beginning of "Enter the Dragon," 846 00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:54,108 has a unique round scar 847 00:38:54,242 --> 00:38:56,110 between his nose and his mouth. 848 00:38:56,244 --> 00:38:58,946 And that's actually the shape of a Coke bottle 849 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,882 that had been broken off 850 00:39:01,015 --> 00:39:04,652 and then driven into his face like that during a gang fight. 851 00:39:04,785 --> 00:39:05,953 ♪ ♪ 852 00:39:06,087 --> 00:39:08,823 ‐ Hong Kong in the '70s was rough and chaotic, 853 00:39:08,956 --> 00:39:11,893 and this violent atmosphere extended to movie sets, 854 00:39:12,026 --> 00:39:14,962 where Bruce Lee seemed wary of everyone. 855 00:39:34,448 --> 00:39:36,484 ‐ Actually, he lose control. 856 00:39:58,139 --> 00:39:59,106 ♪ ♪ 857 00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:00,574 ‐ According to a close friend, 858 00:40:00,708 --> 00:40:02,510 Bruce Lee was getting into fights 859 00:40:02,643 --> 00:40:04,111 in the months before his death. 860 00:40:04,245 --> 00:40:05,980 Could this be the smoking gun 861 00:40:06,113 --> 00:40:08,249 Philip Chan has been looking for? 862 00:40:08,382 --> 00:40:10,384 A head injury sustained in a fight 863 00:40:10,518 --> 00:40:12,320 could fit the fatal brain swelling 864 00:40:12,453 --> 00:40:13,988 that claimed Bruce Lee's life. 865 00:40:14,121 --> 00:40:17,491 But who would dare take on Bruce Lee? 866 00:40:17,625 --> 00:40:19,994 And who would have a motive? 867 00:40:20,127 --> 00:40:22,463 One suspect‐‐ a director Bruce Lee 868 00:40:22,596 --> 00:40:25,533 publicly quarreled with, Lo Wei. 869 00:40:25,666 --> 00:40:27,435 According to multiple witnesses, 870 00:40:27,568 --> 00:40:29,437 ten days before Bruce Lee's death, 871 00:40:29,570 --> 00:40:31,372 their feud turned violent. 872 00:40:31,505 --> 00:40:33,708 ‐ Bruce pulls out a knife, 873 00:40:33,841 --> 00:40:36,577 threatens that if Lo Wei says anything or does anything, 874 00:40:36,711 --> 00:40:38,913 he's going to stick it in Lo Wei's neck. 875 00:40:42,650 --> 00:40:45,186 ♪ ♪ 876 00:40:45,319 --> 00:40:46,921 ‐ Former detective Philip Chan has learned 877 00:40:47,054 --> 00:40:49,223 from a personal friend of Bruce Lee 878 00:40:49,357 --> 00:40:51,025 that the film star was getting into fights on movie sets 879 00:40:51,158 --> 00:40:52,860 shortly before his death. 880 00:41:00,334 --> 00:41:02,203 ‐ A blow to the head sustained in a fight 881 00:41:02,336 --> 00:41:04,071 could trigger swelling of the brain, 882 00:41:04,205 --> 00:41:06,741 the known cause of Bruce's death. 883 00:41:06,874 --> 00:41:08,709 But who would want to hurt Bruce? 884 00:41:08,843 --> 00:41:10,211 In the past, 885 00:41:10,344 --> 00:41:12,246 suspicion rested on Bruce Lee's business partner 886 00:41:12,380 --> 00:41:14,648 and producer, Raymond Chow, 887 00:41:14,782 --> 00:41:18,919 and Bruce's alleged mistress, actress Betty Ting Pei, 888 00:41:19,053 --> 00:41:21,856 but Chan has unearthed another person of interest 889 00:41:21,989 --> 00:41:24,658 who had a fraught relationship with Bruce Lee: 890 00:41:24,792 --> 00:41:27,261 the film director, Lo Wei. 891 00:41:27,395 --> 00:41:29,363 ‐ It's well‐known that Lo Wei and Bruce Lee 892 00:41:29,497 --> 00:41:32,967 had a long‐running, often very public feud. 893 00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:36,137 This feud had been running like a soap opera. 894 00:41:36,270 --> 00:41:39,507 ‐ In 1971, Lo Wei was the director on Bruce's 895 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,143 first martial arts film with Golden Harvest, 896 00:41:42,276 --> 00:41:43,511 "The Big Boss." 897 00:41:43,644 --> 00:41:45,946 From the start, their relationship was hostile. 898 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,049 ‐ Lo Wei was an egomaniac, 899 00:41:48,182 --> 00:41:50,084 and Bruce Lee was an alpha male, 900 00:41:50,217 --> 00:41:52,286 and they clashed, as you would expect. 901 00:41:52,420 --> 00:41:55,489 ♪ ♪ 902 00:41:55,623 --> 00:41:59,060 ‐ But "Big Boss" broke box office records in Hong Kong. 903 00:41:59,226 --> 00:42:02,696 In 1972, the pair reunited to make a second movie, 904 00:42:02,830 --> 00:42:03,964 "Fist of Fury." 905 00:42:04,098 --> 00:42:05,833 The film is an even bigger success, 906 00:42:05,966 --> 00:42:07,902 but their relationship deteriorates 907 00:42:08,035 --> 00:42:10,171 to name calling and sniping in the press. 908 00:42:10,304 --> 00:42:13,074 ‐ Lo Wei had done interviews in the media where 909 00:42:13,207 --> 00:42:16,177 he played down Bruce's ability 910 00:42:16,310 --> 00:42:19,547 and played up his own directorial skill. 911 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:20,881 ‐ Lo Wei thought Bruce Lee 912 00:42:21,015 --> 00:42:22,983 was a snotty little disrespectful actor 913 00:42:23,117 --> 00:42:25,052 who wasn't giving him enough face. 914 00:42:25,186 --> 00:42:27,755 And Bruce Lee thought Lo Wei was, you know, 915 00:42:27,888 --> 00:42:30,458 a know‐nothing, second‐rate hack 916 00:42:30,591 --> 00:42:34,595 with too big of an ego and unprofessional behavior on set. 917 00:42:34,728 --> 00:42:37,798 And they both were probably right about each other. 918 00:42:37,932 --> 00:42:39,900 ‐ Just ten days before Bruce's death, 919 00:42:40,034 --> 00:42:41,802 Hong Kong's newspapers reported 920 00:42:41,936 --> 00:42:43,304 that his feud with Lo Wei 921 00:42:43,437 --> 00:42:46,507 had escalated beyond insults and name‐calling. 922 00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,609 ‐ When I was digging through all this material, 923 00:42:48,742 --> 00:42:51,378 I found something very intriguing that an incident 924 00:42:51,512 --> 00:42:54,715 which took place on the 10th of July, 1973. 925 00:42:54,849 --> 00:42:58,219 Now, here's the headline. It's in Chinese. 926 00:42:58,352 --> 00:42:59,887 My translation. 927 00:43:00,020 --> 00:43:02,423 A conflict broke out between Lo Wei and Bruce Lee 928 00:43:02,556 --> 00:43:05,526 during a screening at the Golden Harvest Studio. 929 00:43:05,659 --> 00:43:07,728 It almost developed into a bloody incident, 930 00:43:07,862 --> 00:43:09,930 but friends intervened. 931 00:43:10,064 --> 00:43:11,866 Police had to be called to the scene 932 00:43:11,999 --> 00:43:14,602 to end the "Film Studio Stomp." 933 00:43:14,735 --> 00:43:16,203 That's what they called it. 934 00:43:16,337 --> 00:43:18,506 ‐ Bruce pulls out a knife, 935 00:43:18,639 --> 00:43:21,175 threatens that if Lo Wei says anything or does anything, 936 00:43:21,308 --> 00:43:22,910 he's gonna stick it in Lo Wei's neck. 937 00:43:23,010 --> 00:43:25,613 Lo Wei then, having been threatened with a knife, 938 00:43:25,746 --> 00:43:28,082 calls the police. 939 00:43:28,215 --> 00:43:31,118 ‐ Lo Wei would have lost a lot of face in that incident. 940 00:43:31,252 --> 00:43:33,387 Would it have triggered an act of revenge? 941 00:43:33,521 --> 00:43:36,357 I cannot rule that out as a possibility. 942 00:43:36,490 --> 00:43:38,592 ♪ ♪ 943 00:43:38,726 --> 00:43:40,594 I'm afraid I have to put Mr. Lo Wei 944 00:43:40,728 --> 00:43:44,198 as one of the key persons of interest. 945 00:43:44,331 --> 00:43:46,867 ♪ ♪ 946 00:43:47,001 --> 00:43:49,737 ‐ Supposedly, Lo Wei had a dark side. 947 00:43:49,870 --> 00:43:51,505 ♪ ♪ 948 00:43:51,639 --> 00:43:53,874 In the late '70s, he was contracted to direct 949 00:43:54,008 --> 00:43:55,709 Jackie Chan's first films. 950 00:43:55,843 --> 00:43:57,378 There was a falling out, 951 00:43:57,511 --> 00:44:00,080 and Jackie refused to work with him anymore. 952 00:44:00,214 --> 00:44:02,650 According to Jackie, Lo Wei sent mobsters 953 00:44:02,783 --> 00:44:06,120 to intimidate him until he came back on set. 954 00:44:06,253 --> 00:44:09,523 In Hong Kong, mobsters mean only one thing: 955 00:44:09,657 --> 00:44:11,926 the feared and violent Triads. 956 00:44:12,059 --> 00:44:13,627 ♪ ♪ 957 00:44:13,761 --> 00:44:16,096 In the 1970s, there were tens of thousands 958 00:44:16,230 --> 00:44:18,632 of Triad gang members in Hong Kong. 959 00:44:18,766 --> 00:44:20,601 Coming into contact with organized crime 960 00:44:20,734 --> 00:44:23,470 was a fact of life for the city's residents. 961 00:44:23,604 --> 00:44:28,342 ♪ ♪ 962 00:44:28,475 --> 00:44:32,112 And Lo Wei wasn't the only one of Philip Chan's suspects 963 00:44:32,246 --> 00:44:34,415 with alleged connections to the mob. 964 00:44:34,548 --> 00:44:37,251 Bruce was found unconscious in the bed 965 00:44:37,384 --> 00:44:40,354 of 26‐year‐old actress Betty Ting Pei. 966 00:44:40,487 --> 00:44:42,189 ‐ Betty was running with a fast crowd. 967 00:44:42,323 --> 00:44:45,125 She was gambling. She was drinking too much. 968 00:44:45,259 --> 00:44:47,895 So that meant that Bruce sometimes had to step in 969 00:44:48,028 --> 00:44:51,165 and pick up the pieces when stuff fell apart. 970 00:44:51,298 --> 00:44:53,467 ‐ Betty's fast lifestyle reportedly drew her 971 00:44:53,601 --> 00:44:56,670 into the seedy world of the Triads. 972 00:44:56,804 --> 00:44:59,106 ‐ Betty had run up a lot of debts gambling 973 00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:03,143 and some Triad thug was demanding she pay him back. 974 00:45:03,277 --> 00:45:05,713 Bruce and Betty met this guy and his henchmen 975 00:45:05,846 --> 00:45:08,949 in some shadowy back street, 976 00:45:09,083 --> 00:45:11,685 and the guy got paid by Bruce. 977 00:45:11,819 --> 00:45:14,855 And he's being all cocky like, "See, even the great Bruce Lee 978 00:45:14,989 --> 00:45:16,557 has to pay big brother so‐and‐so." 979 00:45:16,690 --> 00:45:20,194 And in response, Bruce takes out a Coke can, 980 00:45:20,327 --> 00:45:23,063 takes a finger, stabs it through the can, 981 00:45:23,197 --> 00:45:25,466 and the carbonated beverage sprays 982 00:45:25,599 --> 00:45:29,903 all over henchman number one, and Bruce throws that down, 983 00:45:30,037 --> 00:45:31,905 gets in the car, and he and Betty leave. 984 00:45:32,039 --> 00:45:34,241 ♪ ♪ 985 00:45:34,375 --> 00:45:36,410 He was not intimidated by anybody. 986 00:45:36,543 --> 00:45:38,646 And he felt, as he famously said, 987 00:45:38,779 --> 00:45:40,814 "To tell you the truth, I could beat anybody in the world." 988 00:45:40,948 --> 00:45:47,121 ♪ ♪ 989 00:45:47,254 --> 00:45:49,323 ‐ Could disrespect for the Triads 990 00:45:49,456 --> 00:45:53,093 or a feud with Lo Wei have made Bruce Lee a target? 991 00:45:53,227 --> 00:45:55,262 Through his contacts in the movie industry, 992 00:45:55,396 --> 00:45:59,166 Chan has received a previously unheard audio recording 993 00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:01,001 of a retired actor 994 00:46:01,135 --> 00:46:04,838 who Chan knows had connections to the criminal underworld. 995 00:46:04,972 --> 00:46:07,908 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 996 00:46:08,042 --> 00:46:10,778 ‐ The actor claims the official verdict is wrong‐‐ 997 00:46:10,911 --> 00:46:13,947 Bruce didn't die in Betty Ting Pei's apartment. 998 00:46:50,851 --> 00:46:53,687 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 999 00:46:58,992 --> 00:47:01,295 ♪ ♪ 1000 00:47:01,428 --> 00:47:03,030 ‐ Chan knows from years of experience 1001 00:47:03,163 --> 00:47:06,567 that brutal beatings fit with the Triads' modus operandi. 1002 00:47:06,700 --> 00:47:08,502 But would the organized crime gangs 1003 00:47:08,635 --> 00:47:12,673 really have targeted someone as high‐profile as Bruce Lee? 1004 00:47:14,041 --> 00:47:17,911 by talking directly to a self‐confessed Triad. 1005 00:47:18,045 --> 00:47:19,980 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 1006 00:47:20,114 --> 00:47:24,485 ♪ ♪ 1007 00:47:24,618 --> 00:47:27,755 ♪ ♪ 1008 00:47:27,888 --> 00:47:30,858 ‐ In his investigation into Bruce Lee's death, 1009 00:47:30,991 --> 00:47:33,227 Philip Chan has unearthed a new lead. 1010 00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:34,461 ♪ ♪ 1011 00:47:41,301 --> 00:47:44,571 ‐ A recording that alleges Bruce was beaten to death 1012 00:47:44,705 --> 00:47:47,040 by Triads with metal bars. 1013 00:47:47,174 --> 00:47:48,475 Chan has discovered 1014 00:47:48,609 --> 00:47:50,644 Bruce had reportedly clashed with the mob. 1015 00:47:50,778 --> 00:47:53,914 ‐ Bruce takes out a Coke can, takes a finger, 1016 00:47:54,047 --> 00:47:55,716 stabs it through the can, 1017 00:47:55,849 --> 00:47:58,185 and the carbonated beverage sprays 1018 00:47:58,318 --> 00:48:00,621 all over henchman number one. 1019 00:48:00,754 --> 00:48:02,589 ‐ And ten days before his death, 1020 00:48:02,723 --> 00:48:04,691 Bruce had threatened director Lo Wei, 1021 00:48:04,825 --> 00:48:07,561 a man with suspected links to the criminal underworld. 1022 00:48:07,694 --> 00:48:09,062 ‐ Bruce Lee got into Lo Wei's face 1023 00:48:09,196 --> 00:48:11,498 and essentially physically threatened him, 1024 00:48:11,632 --> 00:48:14,134 if he talked smack about him to the press. 1025 00:48:14,268 --> 00:48:17,538 ♪ ♪ 1026 00:48:17,671 --> 00:48:19,072 ‐ In the 1970s, 1027 00:48:19,206 --> 00:48:21,575 organized crime activity in Hong Kong 1028 00:48:21,708 --> 00:48:24,178 was centered in the seedy area of Mong Kok. 1029 00:48:24,311 --> 00:48:26,079 Philip Chan was a detective 1030 00:48:26,213 --> 00:48:29,383 trying to keep law and order in this neighborhood. 1031 00:48:29,516 --> 00:48:34,054 He knows Triads are secretive and rarely speak in public, 1032 00:48:34,188 --> 00:48:37,658 but he has convinced a former gang member to talk. 1033 00:48:37,791 --> 00:48:41,395 Today, Chan Wei Man is a wine importer. 1034 00:48:41,528 --> 00:48:42,596 ♪ ♪ 1035 00:48:42,729 --> 00:48:44,164 In the 1970s, 1036 00:48:44,298 --> 00:48:47,568 he was a martial arts film star in his own right. 1037 00:48:47,701 --> 00:48:50,003 He had learned his fighting skills 1038 00:48:50,137 --> 00:48:53,841 as the personal bodyguard of one of the most feared Triads, 1039 00:48:53,974 --> 00:48:56,410 the heroin kingpin Fat Boy Kwun. 1040 00:48:56,543 --> 00:48:57,678 ♪ ♪ 1041 00:49:14,428 --> 00:49:15,963 ♪ ♪ 1042 00:49:16,096 --> 00:49:19,700 ‐ As an actor, Chan Wei Man worked with both Bruce Lee 1043 00:49:19,833 --> 00:49:22,169 and his arch enemy, the director Lo Wei, 1044 00:49:22,302 --> 00:49:24,838 a man with a known connection to the Triads. 1045 00:49:24,972 --> 00:49:26,940 Philip asks about the altercation 1046 00:49:27,074 --> 00:49:30,244 Bruce Lee had with Lo Wei just ten days before his death. 1047 00:49:30,377 --> 00:49:33,080 ‐ We're told that Bruce Lee went into Lo Wei's office 1048 00:49:33,213 --> 00:49:36,250 one day and brandished a spring knife 1049 00:49:36,383 --> 00:49:38,952 and threatened to beat him up. 1050 00:49:39,086 --> 00:49:40,754 Did you know about this? 1051 00:50:08,482 --> 00:50:09,416 ♪ ♪ 1052 00:50:09,550 --> 00:50:11,084 ‐ According to Chan Wei Man, 1053 00:50:11,218 --> 00:50:12,920 Lo Wei brushed off this altercation 1054 00:50:13,053 --> 00:50:15,188 as nothing more than a clash of egos. 1055 00:50:15,322 --> 00:50:17,624 He is adamant the director had nothing to do 1056 00:50:17,758 --> 00:50:19,493 with Bruce Lee's death. 1057 00:50:19,626 --> 00:50:22,195 But how about the infamous Triads? 1058 00:50:22,329 --> 00:50:24,998 ‐ Since Bruce Lee was such a great fighter, 1059 00:50:25,132 --> 00:50:29,169 would any Triad who wanted to advance 1060 00:50:29,303 --> 00:50:30,871 want to challenge him? 1061 00:50:31,004 --> 00:50:32,639 And if you defeat Bruce Lee, 1062 00:50:32,773 --> 00:50:34,541 you immediately make yourself famous? 1063 00:50:34,675 --> 00:50:35,876 You rise from the ranks? 1064 00:51:05,405 --> 00:51:11,478 ♪ ♪ 1065 00:51:11,612 --> 00:51:15,015 ‐ A man at the very heart of the Triads is categorical 1066 00:51:15,148 --> 00:51:18,385 that the gangs had no interest in harming Bruce Lee. 1067 00:51:18,518 --> 00:51:21,555 His status as an idol and symbol of power 1068 00:51:21,688 --> 00:51:23,190 to Chinese people around the globe 1069 00:51:23,323 --> 00:51:25,359 meant he was untouchable. 1070 00:51:25,492 --> 00:51:28,295 Philip Chan is aware this is only one man's opinion, 1071 00:51:28,428 --> 00:51:31,565 but he knows it is in line with the information 1072 00:51:31,698 --> 00:51:33,967 in Bruce Lee's death files. 1073 00:51:34,101 --> 00:51:35,769 ‐ The Triads are renowned for carrying out 1074 00:51:35,902 --> 00:51:37,237 violent beatings and attacks. 1075 00:51:37,371 --> 00:51:40,073 But could Bruce Lee have succumbed to this? 1076 00:51:40,207 --> 00:51:41,608 ♪ ♪ 1077 00:51:41,742 --> 00:51:44,578 One thing I would expect to see is, if a person is attacked, 1078 00:51:44,711 --> 00:51:47,547 he would raise his arms to defend himself 1079 00:51:47,681 --> 00:51:49,249 and deflect the punches. 1080 00:51:49,383 --> 00:51:51,318 That would surely leave bruise marks on his arms. 1081 00:51:51,451 --> 00:51:52,686 ♪ ♪ 1082 00:51:52,819 --> 00:51:54,154 Here's the autopsy report. 1083 00:51:54,287 --> 00:51:56,123 First of all, on the very front page, 1084 00:51:56,256 --> 00:51:59,726 it says there are no signs of injury. 1085 00:51:59,893 --> 00:52:01,395 This is vital evidence. 1086 00:52:01,528 --> 00:52:03,030 Then, further down here, 1087 00:52:03,163 --> 00:52:05,599 it notes that his scalp is free of bruising 1088 00:52:05,732 --> 00:52:06,967 and his scalp shows no evidence 1089 00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:10,003 of fracture or injury. 1090 00:52:10,137 --> 00:52:13,373 It says Bruce Lee's ribs are not fractured. 1091 00:52:13,507 --> 00:52:17,444 Now none of this is consistent with a violent attack. 1092 00:52:17,577 --> 00:52:20,881 I have to conclude that there's no evidence to suggest 1093 00:52:21,014 --> 00:52:23,483 that Bruce Lee was ambushed and attacked by the Triads. 1094 00:52:23,617 --> 00:52:26,186 ♪ ♪ 1095 00:52:26,319 --> 00:52:28,755 ‐ It is time for Philip to share this new information 1096 00:52:28,889 --> 00:52:30,657 with Bruce's brother Robert. 1097 00:52:30,791 --> 00:52:31,892 ‐ Hey, Philip. 1098 00:52:32,025 --> 00:52:33,493 ‐ Hi. Time for an update. 1099 00:52:33,627 --> 00:52:35,462 ‐ Okay. 1100 00:52:35,595 --> 00:52:39,933 ‐ You remember our old friend, the Triad guy Chan Wei Man? 1101 00:52:40,067 --> 00:52:41,201 ‐ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 1102 00:52:41,334 --> 00:52:43,570 ‐ I tend to believe his analysis 1103 00:52:43,704 --> 00:52:46,940 that Bruce wasn't 1104 00:52:47,074 --> 00:52:49,543 involved in any Triad attack 1105 00:52:49,676 --> 00:52:51,578 or any Triad ambush 1106 00:52:51,712 --> 00:52:53,947 or any Triad animosity at all. 1107 00:52:54,081 --> 00:52:55,182 ‐ That's good to hear. 1108 00:52:55,315 --> 00:52:57,350 ‐ 'Cause he was well loved by the Triads. 1109 00:52:57,484 --> 00:52:58,952 ‐ Yes, yes. 1110 00:52:59,086 --> 00:53:02,723 ‐ So we can cast those things aside, you know, 1111 00:53:02,856 --> 00:53:04,391 when it comes to foul play. 1112 00:53:04,524 --> 00:53:08,261 ‐ But Robert isn't satisfied that murder can be ruled out. 1113 00:53:08,395 --> 00:53:10,697 A friend who worked at the funeral parlor 1114 00:53:10,831 --> 00:53:14,701 that prepared Bruce Lee's body noticed a strange detail. 1115 00:53:14,835 --> 00:53:17,204 ‐ Well, come to think of it, I mean, 1116 00:53:17,337 --> 00:53:19,906 I met one of our family friends, 1117 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,242 whose family owned the funeral parlor 1118 00:53:22,375 --> 00:53:26,146 that Bruce's service was carried in. 1119 00:53:26,279 --> 00:53:28,281 And she told me that, you know, 1120 00:53:28,415 --> 00:53:31,885 she noticed that his nails were black. 1121 00:53:32,018 --> 00:53:34,454 ‐ Were Bruce Lee's black fingernails 1122 00:53:34,588 --> 00:53:36,389 a sign of foul play? 1123 00:53:36,523 --> 00:53:39,960 It matches a popular theory of how Bruce Lee died, 1124 00:53:40,093 --> 00:53:42,596 but one that has never been proven. 1125 00:53:42,729 --> 00:53:45,198 ‐ One possibility is that, you know, he was poisoned. 1126 00:53:45,332 --> 00:53:46,767 ♪ ♪ 1127 00:53:51,905 --> 00:53:53,306 ♪ ♪ 1128 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:54,741 ‐ Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee died 1129 00:53:54,875 --> 00:53:56,309 from swelling of the brain. 1130 00:53:56,443 --> 00:53:57,844 The official verdict: 1131 00:53:57,978 --> 00:54:01,047 it was triggered by an allergic reaction to aspirin. 1132 00:54:01,181 --> 00:54:02,749 But a new investigation 1133 00:54:02,883 --> 00:54:05,152 by former police detective Philip Chan 1134 00:54:05,285 --> 00:54:06,953 has raised doubts. 1135 00:54:07,087 --> 00:54:08,588 ♪ ♪ 1136 00:54:08,722 --> 00:54:10,590 ‐ Basically what you're saying is that Bruce Lee did not die 1137 00:54:10,724 --> 00:54:12,759 because of this taking aspirin. 1138 00:54:12,893 --> 00:54:15,796 ‐ The autopsy report shows no evidence 1139 00:54:15,929 --> 00:54:18,231 that there was an allergic reaction. 1140 00:54:18,365 --> 00:54:20,567 ‐ Now Bruce's brother Robert 1141 00:54:20,700 --> 00:54:23,136 has brought up an alternative possibility. 1142 00:54:23,270 --> 00:54:24,938 ‐ Bruce's fingernails were black. 1143 00:54:25,071 --> 00:54:27,207 I said, "Why could that possibly be?" 1144 00:54:27,340 --> 00:54:28,875 He said, "One possibility 1145 00:54:29,009 --> 00:54:31,545 is that, you know, he was poisoned." 1146 00:54:31,678 --> 00:54:34,481 ‐ Some poisons starve the victim of oxygen, 1147 00:54:34,614 --> 00:54:37,450 which can lead to blackening of the fingernails. 1148 00:54:37,584 --> 00:54:39,820 And poisons can trigger swelling of the brain, 1149 00:54:39,953 --> 00:54:41,855 the cause of Bruce Lee's death. 1150 00:54:41,988 --> 00:54:44,958 But this information is from one witness 1151 00:54:45,091 --> 00:54:49,396 who saw Bruce's body at the funeral parlor in 1973. 1152 00:54:49,529 --> 00:54:52,666 Chan searches Bruce Lee's death files for other evidence 1153 00:54:52,799 --> 00:54:54,501 that Bruce Lee was poisoned. 1154 00:54:54,634 --> 00:54:56,636 He finds a potential clue in a statement 1155 00:54:56,770 --> 00:55:00,006 by Bruce Lee's business partner, Raymond Chow. 1156 00:55:00,140 --> 00:55:01,675 ‐ This is on 10th of May, 1973, 1157 00:55:01,808 --> 00:55:04,144 just ten weeks before his death. 1158 00:55:04,277 --> 00:55:05,745 ♪ ♪ 1159 00:55:05,879 --> 00:55:07,914 Raymond Chow describes how one of his workers 1160 00:55:08,048 --> 00:55:09,683 rushes into the room 1161 00:55:09,816 --> 00:55:13,320 and tells him that Bruce has collapsed in a sound studio. 1162 00:55:13,453 --> 00:55:14,988 ♪ ♪ 1163 00:55:15,121 --> 00:55:18,391 ‐ Raymond describes Bruce struggling to breathe, 1164 00:55:18,525 --> 00:55:23,129 pale, drenched in sweat, and convulsing. 1165 00:55:23,263 --> 00:55:24,798 ♪ ♪ 1166 00:55:24,931 --> 00:55:27,334 ‐ He then rings the doctor and orders four of his employees 1167 00:55:27,467 --> 00:55:29,736 to carry Bruce Lee into his own car. 1168 00:55:29,870 --> 00:55:31,938 Then he drives him to the Baptist Hospital. 1169 00:55:32,072 --> 00:55:33,473 ♪ ♪ 1170 00:55:33,607 --> 00:55:36,276 And here, we have exhibits eight and nine... 1171 00:55:36,409 --> 00:55:38,278 ♪ ♪ 1172 00:55:38,411 --> 00:55:40,347 Police statements from two doctors. 1173 00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:41,948 ♪ ♪ 1174 00:55:42,082 --> 00:55:43,984 ‐ In these statements from 1973, 1175 00:55:44,117 --> 00:55:47,754 the doctors described Bruce as completely unresponsive 1176 00:55:47,888 --> 00:55:50,190 and showing little sign of life. 1177 00:55:50,323 --> 00:55:53,793 They diagnose him with swelling of the brain, 1178 00:55:53,927 --> 00:55:57,497 the same condition that kills him just ten weeks later. 1179 00:55:57,631 --> 00:55:59,532 ♪ ♪ 1180 00:55:59,666 --> 00:56:01,268 ‐ As one doctor generally remarks, 1181 00:56:01,401 --> 00:56:04,871 "He was very close to his death medically on that day." 1182 00:56:05,005 --> 00:56:07,540 Now that sounds like a very serious condition. 1183 00:56:07,674 --> 00:56:08,942 ♪ ♪ 1184 00:56:09,075 --> 00:56:12,178 ‐ The doctors inject a drug called Mannitol, 1185 00:56:12,312 --> 00:56:16,783 which reduces the swelling and saves Bruce's life. 1186 00:56:16,917 --> 00:56:18,818 The medic suspect the swelling of Bruce's brain 1187 00:56:18,952 --> 00:56:22,522 was triggered by toxicity or poisoning from drugs. 1188 00:56:22,656 --> 00:56:24,557 ♪ ♪ 1189 00:56:24,691 --> 00:56:26,660 ‐ Now this is intriguing. 1190 00:56:26,826 --> 00:56:28,795 Bruce cheated death once. 1191 00:56:28,929 --> 00:56:30,864 But on the second occasion, he wasn't that lucky. 1192 00:56:30,997 --> 00:56:32,265 ♪ ♪ 1193 00:56:32,399 --> 00:56:35,702 ‐ Within a ten‐week period, he has two collapses 1194 00:56:35,835 --> 00:56:38,104 and one near‐death experience 1195 00:56:38,238 --> 00:56:42,242 and one fatal experience from cerebral edema. 1196 00:56:42,375 --> 00:56:45,445 So my logical conclusion 1197 00:56:45,578 --> 00:56:47,781 is those two things are linked. 1198 00:56:47,914 --> 00:56:49,582 And if you want to understand the reason 1199 00:56:49,716 --> 00:56:52,686 he died on July 20th, 1973, 1200 00:56:52,819 --> 00:56:54,955 you need to look more closely at what happened 1201 00:56:55,088 --> 00:56:59,592 on May 10th, 1973, ten weeks earlier. 1202 00:56:59,726 --> 00:57:01,695 And if you can explain what happened that day, 1203 00:57:01,828 --> 00:57:04,064 you can explain why Bruce Lee died. 1204 00:57:04,197 --> 00:57:05,598 ♪ ♪ 1205 00:57:05,732 --> 00:57:07,767 ‐ A poisoning link between the two events 1206 00:57:07,901 --> 00:57:10,770 was investigated in 1973, 1207 00:57:10,904 --> 00:57:14,174 and the spotlight fell on one illegal drug. 1208 00:57:14,307 --> 00:57:15,742 ♪ ♪ 1209 00:57:15,875 --> 00:57:18,678 Cannabis was found in Bruce's autopsy. 1210 00:57:18,812 --> 00:57:20,613 And as official records reveal, 1211 00:57:20,747 --> 00:57:22,215 he admitted to eating some 1212 00:57:22,349 --> 00:57:24,584 moments before he collapsed on May 10th. 1213 00:57:24,718 --> 00:57:26,019 ♪ ♪ 1214 00:57:26,152 --> 00:57:29,656 There is no known medical link between cannabis 1215 00:57:29,789 --> 00:57:31,157 and swelling of the brain, 1216 00:57:31,291 --> 00:57:33,293 but could this lethal condition have been caused 1217 00:57:33,426 --> 00:57:36,830 by something else in the marijuana Bruce consumed? 1218 00:57:36,963 --> 00:57:40,867 ‐ I think the question is, was his cannabis in some way 1219 00:57:41,001 --> 00:57:43,903 tainted on those two special occasions? 1220 00:57:44,037 --> 00:57:45,905 And if it was tainted, was it somebody 1221 00:57:46,039 --> 00:57:49,776 had intentionally tainted the cannabis to hurt, 1222 00:57:49,909 --> 00:57:52,912 to weaken him, or even to kill him? 1223 00:57:53,046 --> 00:58:00,220 ♪ ♪ 1224 00:58:01,087 --> 00:58:03,790 ‐ Chan returns to forensic pathologist Dr. Beh 1225 00:58:03,923 --> 00:58:07,160 to see if there was anything in Bruce Lee's autopsy 1226 00:58:07,293 --> 00:58:08,695 that points to poisoning. 1227 00:58:08,828 --> 00:58:12,198 ‐ So this is the toxicology report. 1228 00:58:12,332 --> 00:58:15,668 They look for alcohol, in case he drank a lot. 1229 00:58:15,802 --> 00:58:18,171 That wasn't there. Morphine, we know. 1230 00:58:18,304 --> 00:58:20,573 Morphine is common in heroin. 1231 00:58:20,707 --> 00:58:22,375 They found nothing. ‐ Mm. 1232 00:58:22,509 --> 00:58:25,412 ‐ They did a lot of other tests. 1233 00:58:25,545 --> 00:58:26,946 Heavy metals, 1234 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:31,017 so quite a common sort of way of poisoning people, 1235 00:58:31,151 --> 00:58:34,487 and particularly, arsenic is one. 1236 00:58:34,621 --> 00:58:37,557 Lead would be another one that's common, okay? 1237 00:58:37,690 --> 00:58:38,892 Those weren't found. 1238 00:58:39,025 --> 00:58:40,393 ‐ So can we say conclusively 1239 00:58:40,527 --> 00:58:42,662 that there's nothing in the autopsy which suggested 1240 00:58:42,796 --> 00:58:46,299 that there was administering of poison on Bruce? 1241 00:58:46,433 --> 00:58:50,603 ‐ A lot of the poisons that you feed someone are irritants. 1242 00:58:50,737 --> 00:58:55,275 So the stomach would show bleeding, 1243 00:58:55,408 --> 00:58:58,178 or they might be vomiting or having diarrhea. 1244 00:58:58,311 --> 00:59:02,449 So we're not seeing that. We're not getting that history. 1245 00:59:02,582 --> 00:59:03,950 ‐ There is no hard evidence 1246 00:59:04,084 --> 00:59:06,386 that Bruce took poisoned cannabis 1247 00:59:06,519 --> 00:59:09,889 or that he was killed by any toxic substance. 1248 00:59:10,023 --> 00:59:15,295 ‐ Everything that we have in terms of the toxicology report, 1249 00:59:15,428 --> 00:59:17,797 the autopsy report, 1250 00:59:17,931 --> 00:59:21,501 the way Bruce was supposed to have died 1251 00:59:21,634 --> 00:59:24,571 doesn't support, really, poisoning. 1252 00:59:24,704 --> 00:59:28,908 ♪ ♪ 1253 00:59:29,042 --> 00:59:31,845 ‐ Previously, Chan had ruled out a physical attack 1254 00:59:31,978 --> 00:59:34,347 as the reason why Bruce Lee died. 1255 00:59:34,481 --> 00:59:37,283 Now, he has eliminated poison. 1256 00:59:37,417 --> 00:59:39,119 With no evidence of foul play, 1257 00:59:39,252 --> 00:59:42,122 he can exonerate his three suspects in the case: 1258 00:59:42,255 --> 00:59:44,824 Bruce's business partner, Raymond Chow, 1259 00:59:44,958 --> 00:59:47,527 his alleged mistress, Betty Ting Pei, 1260 00:59:47,660 --> 00:59:51,631 and the director of his first martial arts movies, Lo Wei. 1261 00:59:51,764 --> 00:59:54,100 But if Bruce Lee wasn't murdered, 1262 00:59:54,234 --> 00:59:57,170 and if he wasn't killed by an allergic reaction to aspirin, 1263 00:59:57,303 --> 01:00:00,707 why did he die at just 32 years of age? 1264 01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:02,542 Could the answer to this mystery 1265 01:00:02,675 --> 01:00:04,244 lie with Bruce himself? 1266 01:00:04,377 --> 01:00:06,346 Could he have been secretly suffering 1267 01:00:06,479 --> 01:00:07,814 from a medical problem? 1268 01:00:07,947 --> 01:00:10,650 And could it have been self‐inflicted? 1269 01:00:10,783 --> 01:00:12,886 ‐ I was rather shocked to discover 1270 01:00:13,019 --> 01:00:15,321 Bruce had had his sweat glands removed. 1271 01:00:15,455 --> 01:00:17,190 ♪ ♪ 1272 01:00:22,328 --> 01:00:24,030 ‐ In his investigation into the death of Bruce Lee, 1273 01:00:24,164 --> 01:00:26,466 Philip Chan has eliminated the official verdict 1274 01:00:26,599 --> 01:00:28,902 that he died from an allergy to the aspirin in a painkiller 1275 01:00:29,035 --> 01:00:30,370 and he has found no evidence 1276 01:00:30,503 --> 01:00:32,472 that Bruce Lee was a victim of foul play. 1277 01:00:32,605 --> 01:00:34,774 ‐ Everything that we have, 1278 01:00:34,908 --> 01:00:37,744 in terms of the toxicology report, 1279 01:00:37,877 --> 01:00:39,312 the autopsy report, 1280 01:00:39,445 --> 01:00:43,183 doesn't support, really, poisoning. 1281 01:00:43,316 --> 01:00:45,752 ‐ Now Chan is returning to an event that happened 1282 01:00:45,885 --> 01:00:47,587 ten weeks before Bruce's death. 1283 01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:49,255 On May 10th, 1284 01:00:49,389 --> 01:00:52,125 Bruce collapsed because of swelling of the brain, 1285 01:00:52,258 --> 01:00:55,495 the same condition that claims his life in July. 1286 01:00:55,628 --> 01:00:57,730 On the first occasion, his life is saved 1287 01:00:57,864 --> 01:00:59,732 by fast‐thinking doctors. 1288 01:00:59,866 --> 01:01:01,401 ♪ ♪ 1289 01:01:01,534 --> 01:01:03,870 Bruce jetted to Los Angeles for a full medical checkup. 1290 01:01:04,003 --> 01:01:05,538 While in California, 1291 01:01:05,672 --> 01:01:09,342 he visited his younger brother Robert. 1292 01:01:09,475 --> 01:01:13,279 ‐ When he came back to L. A. in May 1973, 1293 01:01:13,413 --> 01:01:16,349 did he mention about his condition in the hospital 1294 01:01:16,482 --> 01:01:20,787 and the emergency of that situation that particular time? 1295 01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:24,324 ‐ No, I mean, he just‐‐he just brushed 1296 01:01:24,457 --> 01:01:27,060 all those details aside because 1297 01:01:27,193 --> 01:01:29,596 to him, I mean‐‐you know, 1298 01:01:29,729 --> 01:01:32,899 he said that, you know, it was no big deal, you know? 1299 01:01:33,032 --> 01:01:36,603 ‐ Bruce Lee may have told his brother it wasn't serious, 1300 01:01:36,736 --> 01:01:39,405 but according to the doctors, he had stopped breathing 1301 01:01:39,539 --> 01:01:42,175 and was extremely close to death. 1302 01:01:42,308 --> 01:01:45,912 Why would he pass off this episode so lightly? 1303 01:01:46,045 --> 01:01:48,248 ‐ If he had a health problem, let's presume, 1304 01:01:48,381 --> 01:01:49,782 would he be the kind of person 1305 01:01:49,916 --> 01:01:53,152 to just keep it within himself and not tell anybody? 1306 01:01:53,286 --> 01:01:55,421 Or would he confide into anyone at all? 1307 01:01:55,555 --> 01:01:58,992 ‐ You know, he‐‐ okay, first of all, 1308 01:01:59,125 --> 01:02:01,261 his pain threshold is pretty high, 1309 01:02:01,394 --> 01:02:05,498 because I remember he was shooting "Marlowe," 1310 01:02:05,632 --> 01:02:08,134 one of the movies that he was doing with James Garner, 1311 01:02:08,268 --> 01:02:10,303 and in between shots, 1312 01:02:10,436 --> 01:02:14,007 he was showing people his flying kick. 1313 01:02:14,140 --> 01:02:17,110 And one‐‐ I mean, some muscles 1314 01:02:17,243 --> 01:02:22,282 pulls one of the ribs, 1315 01:02:22,415 --> 01:02:24,117 and it broke the rib, okay? 1316 01:02:24,250 --> 01:02:26,352 So they took him to the hospital, 1317 01:02:26,486 --> 01:02:28,821 and lo and behold, I mean, come afternoon, 1318 01:02:28,955 --> 01:02:30,456 after lunch, he would‐‐ 1319 01:02:30,590 --> 01:02:31,858 they were shooting again. ‐ Mr. Marlowe. 1320 01:02:31,991 --> 01:02:33,960 ‐ He would bear the pain and‐‐ 1321 01:02:34,093 --> 01:02:35,361 ‐ Oh, yeah, yeah. 1322 01:02:35,495 --> 01:02:37,830 Anything, he can just, you know, continue doing, 1323 01:02:37,964 --> 01:02:39,666 he'll do, you know? 1324 01:02:39,799 --> 01:02:41,901 ‐ Mm. 1325 01:02:42,035 --> 01:02:43,369 ‐ If Bruce Lee had a history 1326 01:02:43,503 --> 01:02:45,371 of ignoring medical issues, 1327 01:02:45,505 --> 01:02:47,407 was he keeping a condition secret 1328 01:02:47,540 --> 01:02:49,609 that caused his collapse in May 1329 01:02:49,742 --> 01:02:52,512 and led to his death ten weeks later? 1330 01:02:52,645 --> 01:02:56,449 ‐ As purely as an exercise in logic, you would say 1331 01:02:56,582 --> 01:02:59,152 he collapsed in May, he died in July. 1332 01:02:59,285 --> 01:03:01,087 What links these two events? 1333 01:03:01,220 --> 01:03:03,456 ♪ ♪ 1334 01:03:03,589 --> 01:03:05,391 ‐ Could there be a clue in the task 1335 01:03:05,525 --> 01:03:08,761 Bruce was doing on the day of his first collapse? 1336 01:03:08,895 --> 01:03:11,130 ‐ What happened on May 10th is that Bruce Lee 1337 01:03:11,264 --> 01:03:15,201 was redubbing lines from "Enter the Dragon." 1338 01:03:15,335 --> 01:03:18,805 This day was the hottest day of May 1339 01:03:18,938 --> 01:03:21,207 in tropical Hong Kong summer. 1340 01:03:21,341 --> 01:03:23,309 And they turned off the air conditioning, 1341 01:03:23,443 --> 01:03:27,313 and people there describe the room as becoming like a sauna. 1342 01:03:27,447 --> 01:03:29,482 So while Bruce Lee is doing these lines, 1343 01:03:29,615 --> 01:03:31,150 he starts to feel dizzy. 1344 01:03:31,284 --> 01:03:32,585 He needs to take a break. 1345 01:03:32,719 --> 01:03:35,154 He walks out of this superheated room. 1346 01:03:35,288 --> 01:03:36,522 He goes to the bathroom, 1347 01:03:36,656 --> 01:03:38,858 and he ends up collapsing on the floor. 1348 01:03:38,991 --> 01:03:40,259 ♪ ♪ 1349 01:03:40,393 --> 01:03:41,661 ‐ Did he collapse because of something 1350 01:03:41,794 --> 01:03:43,663 he'd done to himself? 1351 01:03:43,796 --> 01:03:46,165 ♪ ♪ 1352 01:03:46,299 --> 01:03:48,134 ‐ Once I looked at May 10th, 1353 01:03:48,267 --> 01:03:50,236 I was rather shocked to discover 1354 01:03:50,370 --> 01:03:52,338 that six months earlier, 1355 01:03:52,472 --> 01:03:55,375 on November 15th, 1972, 1356 01:03:55,508 --> 01:03:57,744 Bruce had had his sweat glands removed. 1357 01:03:57,877 --> 01:03:58,978 ♪ ♪ 1358 01:03:59,112 --> 01:04:00,680 ‐ There was no medical reason 1359 01:04:00,813 --> 01:04:02,582 for this extreme surgery. 1360 01:04:02,715 --> 01:04:05,985 Bruce had the sweat glands removed from his armpits 1361 01:04:06,119 --> 01:04:08,454 because he was a perfectionist. 1362 01:04:08,588 --> 01:04:10,656 ‐ He had been doing all these martial arts scenes 1363 01:04:10,790 --> 01:04:12,024 with his shirt off, 1364 01:04:12,158 --> 01:04:15,428 and they kept having to kind of wipe him down between takes. 1365 01:04:15,561 --> 01:04:17,096 And he was like‐‐he went to the doctor and said, 1366 01:04:17,230 --> 01:04:18,531 "Can you do anything about this?" 1367 01:04:18,664 --> 01:04:21,033 And they said, "Well, actually, 1368 01:04:21,167 --> 01:04:22,902 we can remove your sweat glands." 1369 01:04:23,035 --> 01:04:25,004 ♪ ♪ 1370 01:04:25,138 --> 01:04:27,440 ‐ The sweat glands is a symptom 1371 01:04:27,573 --> 01:04:31,010 of that idea of, like, you know, 1372 01:04:31,110 --> 01:04:33,880 "If I need to achieve a goal, I don't mind what it costs. 1373 01:04:34,013 --> 01:04:35,181 "I don't mind what's involved with it. 1374 01:04:35,314 --> 01:04:36,449 "I'm going to do it. 1375 01:04:36,582 --> 01:04:38,017 "If nobody else has done it, that's fine. 1376 01:04:38,151 --> 01:04:40,353 I'm going to be the first one." 1377 01:04:40,486 --> 01:04:41,721 ‐ Did Bruce's decision 1378 01:04:41,854 --> 01:04:44,223 to have the sweat glands removed from his armpits 1379 01:04:44,357 --> 01:04:46,426 leave him unable to control 1380 01:04:46,559 --> 01:04:48,361 a critical biological process‐‐ 1381 01:04:48,494 --> 01:04:50,963 regulating his own body temperature? 1382 01:04:51,097 --> 01:04:54,233 Bruce's collapse on May 10th bears the classic hallmarks 1383 01:04:54,367 --> 01:04:56,636 of a medical condition that can be fatal. 1384 01:04:56,769 --> 01:04:58,271 ‐ There's certain symptoms of heatstroke 1385 01:04:58,404 --> 01:04:59,439 that are common throughout. 1386 01:04:59,572 --> 01:05:02,308 One is faintness, dizziness, 1387 01:05:02,442 --> 01:05:05,578 headache, collapse, convulsion, 1388 01:05:05,711 --> 01:05:07,814 and cerebral edema. 1389 01:05:07,947 --> 01:05:09,615 ♪ ♪ 1390 01:05:09,749 --> 01:05:12,485 ‐ But how about on the day he dies? 1391 01:05:12,618 --> 01:05:15,621 Does he have symptoms on July 20th? 1392 01:05:15,755 --> 01:05:18,558 ‐ He is at the apartment of Betty Ting Pei 1393 01:05:18,691 --> 01:05:21,294 on a day which, when we look back at the records, 1394 01:05:21,427 --> 01:05:25,164 was the hottest day of the month of July. 1395 01:05:25,298 --> 01:05:26,933 And when I spoke to Raymond Chow, 1396 01:05:27,066 --> 01:05:29,502 Raymond Chow said that Bruce Lee had been 1397 01:05:29,635 --> 01:05:33,039 demonstrating kung fu scenes from his upcoming movie. 1398 01:05:33,172 --> 01:05:35,007 And at a certain point, 1399 01:05:35,141 --> 01:05:37,243 Bruce complained to being dizzy 1400 01:05:37,376 --> 01:05:39,679 and feeling like he had a headache. 1401 01:05:39,812 --> 01:05:43,249 Betty Ting Pei gives him one of her pain medications. 1402 01:05:43,382 --> 01:05:44,484 ♪ ♪ 1403 01:05:44,617 --> 01:05:46,719 He takes it, he lies down... 1404 01:05:46,853 --> 01:05:48,754 ♪ ♪ 1405 01:05:48,888 --> 01:05:50,590 And he never gets back up again. 1406 01:05:50,723 --> 01:05:52,291 ♪ ♪ 1407 01:05:52,425 --> 01:05:53,826 ‐ On the day he dies, 1408 01:05:53,993 --> 01:05:56,696 Bruce does have some symptoms that match heat stroke, 1409 01:05:56,829 --> 01:05:59,165 which can cause fatal swelling of the brain. 1410 01:05:59,298 --> 01:06:01,567 ♪ ♪ 1411 01:06:01,701 --> 01:06:04,136 Could this explain Bruce's sudden death? 1412 01:06:04,270 --> 01:06:06,572 ♪ ♪ 1413 01:06:06,706 --> 01:06:09,408 Chan returns to the office of Dr. Beh 1414 01:06:09,542 --> 01:06:12,111 to scour the autopsy for other evidence 1415 01:06:12,245 --> 01:06:14,013 that Bruce died from heatstroke. 1416 01:06:14,146 --> 01:06:15,915 ♪ ♪ 1417 01:06:16,048 --> 01:06:17,216 ‐ Interesting question. 1418 01:06:17,350 --> 01:06:22,255 Let me answer the sweat glands first, okay? 1419 01:06:22,388 --> 01:06:26,025 Your armpit sweat glands, or auxiliary sweat glands, 1420 01:06:26,158 --> 01:06:28,561 they're not that important. 1421 01:06:28,694 --> 01:06:32,365 Because we have sweat glands all over our skin, 1422 01:06:32,498 --> 01:06:36,669 for temperature control, they are not critical at all. 1423 01:06:36,802 --> 01:06:38,337 ♪ ♪ 1424 01:06:38,471 --> 01:06:41,207 ‐ Humans lose most heat via the sweat glands 1425 01:06:41,340 --> 01:06:42,842 on their chest and back. 1426 01:06:42,975 --> 01:06:45,811 Our armpits play virtually no role 1427 01:06:45,945 --> 01:06:48,314 in regulating our body temperatures. 1428 01:06:48,447 --> 01:06:52,585 ‐ I don't think that surgery is important. 1429 01:06:52,718 --> 01:06:57,056 But to be sure, if we look at the autopsy report‐‐ 1430 01:06:57,189 --> 01:06:59,358 and here, we have it‐‐ 1431 01:06:59,492 --> 01:07:04,864 here, it talks about the microscopy of the kidneys. 1432 01:07:04,997 --> 01:07:06,866 So it's looking down the microscope, 1433 01:07:06,999 --> 01:07:08,501 looking at the kidneys. 1434 01:07:08,634 --> 01:07:11,504 One of the things with heat‐related deaths 1435 01:07:11,637 --> 01:07:16,342 is that your muscles‐‐ the cells die. 1436 01:07:16,475 --> 01:07:19,512 The protein in the muscles actually would leak out 1437 01:07:19,645 --> 01:07:21,614 and get into your bloodstream, 1438 01:07:21,747 --> 01:07:27,119 and this protein actually will clog up your kidneys. 1439 01:07:27,253 --> 01:07:29,288 But it's not that. 1440 01:07:29,422 --> 01:07:32,258 The histology of the kidney here 1441 01:07:32,391 --> 01:07:35,561 is entirely normal. 1442 01:07:35,695 --> 01:07:36,762 ‐ The autopsy contains 1443 01:07:36,896 --> 01:07:38,764 no evidence of kidney damage, 1444 01:07:38,898 --> 01:07:41,400 meaning heatstroke can be ruled out. 1445 01:07:41,534 --> 01:07:44,670 But Chan has uncovered that Bruce had a history 1446 01:07:44,804 --> 01:07:46,939 of hiding medical problems. 1447 01:07:47,073 --> 01:07:49,075 Maybe there was another health issue 1448 01:07:49,208 --> 01:07:52,144 that the martial arts superstar was keeping quiet. 1449 01:07:52,278 --> 01:07:54,413 ♪ ♪ 1450 01:07:54,547 --> 01:07:57,016 Could there be clues hiding in plain sight 1451 01:07:57,149 --> 01:07:59,685 in this fight scene from "Enter the Dragon"? 1452 01:07:59,819 --> 01:08:00,653 ♪ ♪ 1453 01:08:00,786 --> 01:08:03,389 ‐ Bruce had lost even more weight 1454 01:08:03,522 --> 01:08:07,159 and looked significantly skinnier in that footage, 1455 01:08:07,293 --> 01:08:10,096 which was the last thing Bruce ever shot. 1456 01:08:10,229 --> 01:08:11,397 ‐ [high‐pitched grunt] 1457 01:08:15,401 --> 01:08:17,937 ♪ ♪ 1458 01:08:18,070 --> 01:08:19,972 ‐ Just a few months before his death, 1459 01:08:20,106 --> 01:08:21,741 Bruce Lee was filming "Enter the Dragon." 1460 01:08:21,874 --> 01:08:23,676 Some have said the final scene 1461 01:08:23,809 --> 01:08:25,611 filmed in the movie holds clues to his death. 1462 01:08:25,745 --> 01:08:28,581 ‐ From the photographic record that we have, 1463 01:08:28,714 --> 01:08:30,282 and the film record that we have, 1464 01:08:30,416 --> 01:08:33,152 Bruce maintained a certain fighting weight 1465 01:08:33,285 --> 01:08:34,620 throughout the bulk of the shoot 1466 01:08:34,754 --> 01:08:38,991 of "Enter the Dragon," where he was ripped up, cut. 1467 01:08:39,125 --> 01:08:40,092 Well, if you look at him 1468 01:08:40,226 --> 01:08:41,827 in the underground fighting chamber, 1469 01:08:41,961 --> 01:08:44,363 when he fights with all the guys underground, 1470 01:08:44,497 --> 01:08:47,066 you just see every part of his physique 1471 01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:49,702 popping out against that black background. 1472 01:08:49,835 --> 01:08:51,671 ‐ A month after filming has finished, 1473 01:08:51,804 --> 01:08:53,906 studio executives watch a screening, 1474 01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:56,442 and agree they want to see more of Bruce 1475 01:08:56,575 --> 01:08:57,977 at the beginning of the film. 1476 01:08:58,077 --> 01:09:00,813 ‐ So they decided to pay for the fight sequence 1477 01:09:00,946 --> 01:09:02,748 between Bruce Lee and Sammo Hung, 1478 01:09:02,882 --> 01:09:05,184 which was the last thing shot for the film, 1479 01:09:05,317 --> 01:09:07,753 the last thing Bruce ever shot, 1480 01:09:07,887 --> 01:09:10,656 that we know of, in this lifetime. 1481 01:09:10,790 --> 01:09:13,059 And by the time they came to shoot it, 1482 01:09:13,192 --> 01:09:17,296 Bruce looks significantly skinnier in that footage. 1483 01:09:17,430 --> 01:09:24,537 ♪ ♪ 1484 01:09:28,641 --> 01:09:29,809 ‐ Philip Chan wants to know 1485 01:09:29,942 --> 01:09:31,610 if this is a trick of the camera, 1486 01:09:31,744 --> 01:09:34,346 or if Bruce Lee really had lost weight, 1487 01:09:34,480 --> 01:09:37,516 and if so, could this be linked to his sudden death? 1488 01:09:37,650 --> 01:09:41,887 ♪ ♪ 1489 01:09:42,021 --> 01:09:43,255 [elevator dings] 1490 01:09:43,389 --> 01:09:45,357 ♪ ♪ 1491 01:09:45,491 --> 01:09:48,327 Bruce Lee was famous for making strong friendships 1492 01:09:48,461 --> 01:09:49,929 with his stuntmen. 1493 01:09:50,062 --> 01:09:52,131 One who appeared in many of his films, 1494 01:09:52,264 --> 01:09:54,934 including the last scenes Bruce ever shot, 1495 01:09:55,067 --> 01:09:56,469 is Yuen Wah. 1496 01:09:56,602 --> 01:09:59,672 ‐ [speaking Chinese] 1497 01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:09,115 ‐ Yuen Wah was Bruce's 1498 01:10:09,248 --> 01:10:10,816 stunt double in "Enter the Dragon." 1499 01:10:33,072 --> 01:10:34,240 ♪ ♪ 1500 01:10:34,373 --> 01:10:37,643 ‐ Unlike Bruce, Yuen trained in Chinese opera, 1501 01:10:37,777 --> 01:10:39,879 which placed emphasis on acrobatics. 1502 01:10:40,012 --> 01:10:42,782 His superior tumbling skills are apparent 1503 01:10:42,915 --> 01:10:45,918 in "Enter the Dragon," if you know where to look. 1504 01:10:46,051 --> 01:10:49,088 ♪ ♪ 1505 01:10:55,494 --> 01:10:58,597 ‐ So this, they shot the opening scene 1506 01:10:58,731 --> 01:11:00,065 at the end of the shoot. 1507 01:11:02,501 --> 01:11:04,770 ♪ ♪ 1508 01:11:04,904 --> 01:11:06,238 ‐ The finished movie is edited 1509 01:11:06,372 --> 01:11:09,241 so it looks like Bruce does everything in the scene. 1510 01:11:09,375 --> 01:11:12,812 But according to Yuen Wah, that wasn't the case. 1511 01:11:17,183 --> 01:11:18,884 [laughs] 1512 01:11:23,789 --> 01:11:25,558 ‐ This wasn't the only time in the scene 1513 01:11:25,691 --> 01:11:27,526 that Yuen Wah doubled for Bruce Lee. 1514 01:11:27,693 --> 01:11:29,161 ‐ [grunting] 1515 01:11:41,106 --> 01:11:43,609 ‐ It might look like a piece of Bruce Lee magic, 1516 01:11:43,742 --> 01:11:46,545 but it isn't totally of his own making. 1517 01:11:51,150 --> 01:11:52,651 ♪ ♪ 1518 01:12:07,666 --> 01:12:12,571 ‐ Did you see anything very, very different in his physique 1519 01:12:12,705 --> 01:12:16,709 and his mentality compared to the beginning of the shoot? 1520 01:12:16,842 --> 01:12:17,910 ‐ [speaks Chinese] 1521 01:12:40,532 --> 01:12:42,301 ♪ ♪ 1522 01:12:42,434 --> 01:12:44,303 ‐ Chan has confirmation‐‐ 1523 01:12:44,436 --> 01:12:45,671 Bruce Lee did lose weight 1524 01:12:45,804 --> 01:12:47,539 during the last months of his life. 1525 01:12:47,673 --> 01:12:49,208 Yet, Yuen Wah doesn't think 1526 01:12:49,341 --> 01:12:51,644 this signaled a physical health problem... 1527 01:12:51,777 --> 01:12:53,345 ♪ ♪ 1528 01:12:59,318 --> 01:13:02,187 ‐ But was the result of Bruce overstretching himself. 1529 01:13:17,803 --> 01:13:19,438 ♪ ♪ 1530 01:13:19,571 --> 01:13:21,307 ‐ He believes the stress of trying to make 1531 01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:23,075 "Enter the Dragon" a success 1532 01:13:23,208 --> 01:13:26,345 was the root cause of Bruce's weight loss. 1533 01:13:26,478 --> 01:13:28,647 ‐ Well, he was already getting into his thirties, 1534 01:13:28,781 --> 01:13:30,249 and perhaps if we wanted 1535 01:13:30,382 --> 01:13:33,185 to read something more poetic into it, 1536 01:13:33,319 --> 01:13:35,220 he had a sense that time was running out. 1537 01:13:35,354 --> 01:13:37,957 I think he was driven and obsessive and‐‐you know, 1538 01:13:38,090 --> 01:13:40,326 and utterly committed, day‐by‐day, 1539 01:13:40,459 --> 01:13:42,294 to achieving his goals. 1540 01:13:58,544 --> 01:14:00,279 ♪ ♪ 1541 01:14:00,412 --> 01:14:03,048 ‐ Bruce's autopsy backs up Yuen Wah's opinion 1542 01:14:03,182 --> 01:14:05,484 that the weight loss was caused by stress 1543 01:14:05,617 --> 01:14:08,354 rather than a deadly medical condition. 1544 01:14:08,487 --> 01:14:10,422 Bruce's heart is normal. 1545 01:14:10,556 --> 01:14:14,693 There are no signs of disease or evidence of a heart attack. 1546 01:14:14,827 --> 01:14:16,528 All of his other internal organs, 1547 01:14:16,662 --> 01:14:19,865 except his brain, are noted as being in good shape. 1548 01:14:19,999 --> 01:14:22,167 There are no signs of any disease 1549 01:14:22,301 --> 01:14:24,203 that could account for Bruce's weight loss 1550 01:14:24,336 --> 01:14:26,171 in the last months of his life. 1551 01:14:26,305 --> 01:14:27,272 ♪ ♪ 1552 01:14:27,406 --> 01:14:29,241 With this final piece of evidence, 1553 01:14:29,375 --> 01:14:32,044 Philip Chan can discount a medical condition 1554 01:14:32,177 --> 01:14:34,847 as the cause of Bruce Lee's death. 1555 01:14:34,980 --> 01:14:36,715 He has already eliminated poisoning, 1556 01:14:36,849 --> 01:14:38,450 a hit by the Triads, 1557 01:14:38,584 --> 01:14:39,952 and the official verdict 1558 01:14:40,085 --> 01:14:42,054 of fatal allergic reaction to aspirin. 1559 01:14:42,187 --> 01:14:45,257 He is running out of options. 1560 01:14:45,391 --> 01:14:48,127 But could the mystery of Bruce's passing 1561 01:14:48,260 --> 01:14:51,397 finally be solved by a brand new theory? 1562 01:14:51,530 --> 01:14:55,634 ‐ I wasn't expecting that answer, but I accept it. 1563 01:14:59,638 --> 01:15:01,874 ♪ ♪ 1564 01:15:02,007 --> 01:15:03,409 ‐ In "Enter the Dragon," 1565 01:15:03,542 --> 01:15:05,978 Bruce Lee announced himself on the world stage. 1566 01:15:06,111 --> 01:15:08,313 He brought martial arts to a global audience 1567 01:15:08,447 --> 01:15:10,015 for the first time. 1568 01:15:10,149 --> 01:15:12,951 The movie is one of the most profitable ever made 1569 01:15:13,085 --> 01:15:15,621 and proved that a Chinese‐American 1570 01:15:15,754 --> 01:15:17,856 could be the hero in a Hollywood film. 1571 01:15:17,990 --> 01:15:20,726 ‐ For anybody who has felt like they're the underdog, 1572 01:15:20,859 --> 01:15:23,695 Bruce is, like, a hero in that respect, 1573 01:15:23,829 --> 01:15:26,398 because you could be like, "Oh, wow, like, 1574 01:15:26,532 --> 01:15:29,068 "look at this 5'7" guy, 1575 01:15:29,201 --> 01:15:32,337 "who weighs maybe 120 pounds, 1576 01:15:32,471 --> 01:15:34,606 "beating up all of these villains, 1577 01:15:34,740 --> 01:15:36,175 "and he's able to do it with grace, 1578 01:15:36,308 --> 01:15:38,010 "he's able to do it with dignity, 1579 01:15:38,110 --> 01:15:41,613 and he's able to do it with a sense of style." 1580 01:15:41,747 --> 01:15:44,116 You're like, "I can be that too." 1581 01:15:44,249 --> 01:15:48,020 And that's the power of representation. 1582 01:15:48,153 --> 01:15:50,089 ‐ As well as breaking down barriers, 1583 01:15:50,222 --> 01:15:52,424 "Enter the Dragon" is one of the most influential movies 1584 01:15:52,558 --> 01:15:54,493 in the history of cinema. 1585 01:15:54,660 --> 01:15:59,031 ‐ When you watch a movie like "The Matrix" or "Jason Bourne," 1586 01:15:59,164 --> 01:16:02,134 what you see is Bruce Lee‐type choreography. 1587 01:16:02,267 --> 01:16:05,804 It's high‐impact. It's, like, hyper‐realism. 1588 01:16:05,938 --> 01:16:07,439 And yet it's grounded in a certain kind 1589 01:16:07,573 --> 01:16:09,241 of messy reality. 1590 01:16:09,374 --> 01:16:11,410 It's bloody. It's brutal. 1591 01:16:11,543 --> 01:16:13,312 It's not dance choreography. 1592 01:16:13,445 --> 01:16:15,781 All of our fight choreography in the west 1593 01:16:15,914 --> 01:16:17,683 is Bruce Lee fight choreography. 1594 01:16:17,816 --> 01:16:19,651 ♪ ♪ 1595 01:16:19,785 --> 01:16:21,954 ‐ But cruelly, Bruce never knew 1596 01:16:22,087 --> 01:16:24,990 of the movie's cultural and financial success... 1597 01:16:25,124 --> 01:16:27,092 ‐ One day he was alive and well, 1598 01:16:27,226 --> 01:16:29,361 and he was being Bruce Lee, and he was on the verge 1599 01:16:29,495 --> 01:16:32,764 of achieving everything he'd ever dreamed of. 1600 01:16:32,898 --> 01:16:35,167 And the next, he just was gone. 1601 01:16:35,300 --> 01:16:38,103 ‐ Leaving the people of Hong Kong in disbelief 1602 01:16:38,237 --> 01:16:40,506 at the loss of their hero. 1603 01:16:40,639 --> 01:16:43,008 ‐ They had read in the newspaper Bruce Lee was dead. 1604 01:16:43,142 --> 01:16:45,344 They had to come to the funeral to be absolutely sure. 1605 01:16:45,477 --> 01:16:48,380 It just didn't feel like it could be possible. 1606 01:16:48,514 --> 01:16:52,651 And you see the massive throng of crowds outside, 1607 01:16:52,784 --> 01:16:56,088 and then you see the mass of people inside the funeral home 1608 01:16:56,221 --> 01:16:59,892 and you get a sense of the loss 1609 01:17:00,025 --> 01:17:03,162 and a communal sharing of grief. 1610 01:17:03,295 --> 01:17:04,830 ♪ ♪ 1611 01:17:04,963 --> 01:17:06,498 ‐ Those who knew him personally 1612 01:17:06,632 --> 01:17:08,734 struggled for answers. 1613 01:17:31,890 --> 01:17:33,458 ♪ ♪ 1614 01:17:33,592 --> 01:17:36,662 ‐ There is one person who has never fully come to terms 1615 01:17:36,795 --> 01:17:39,064 with Bruce's passing. 1616 01:17:39,198 --> 01:17:42,401 ‐ After his death, so many stories floated around. 1617 01:17:42,534 --> 01:17:46,371 I wish, you know, somebody can really prove to me 1618 01:17:46,505 --> 01:17:48,207 the real truth. 1619 01:17:48,340 --> 01:17:51,944 ♪ ♪ 1620 01:17:52,044 --> 01:17:55,147 ‐ Bruce's brother Robert has asked his friend 1621 01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:58,517 and ex‐detective Philip Chan to re‐investigate, 1622 01:17:58,650 --> 01:18:01,853 but he has struggled to find a cast iron reason 1623 01:18:01,987 --> 01:18:03,322 for Bruce's death. 1624 01:18:03,455 --> 01:18:05,023 ♪ ♪ 1625 01:18:05,157 --> 01:18:08,327 Now he is returning to forensic pathologist Dr. Beh, 1626 01:18:08,460 --> 01:18:10,195 who has spotted something unusual 1627 01:18:10,329 --> 01:18:12,097 on the night that Bruce Lee died. 1628 01:18:12,231 --> 01:18:16,268 ‐ Now, as far as the information I get 1629 01:18:16,401 --> 01:18:18,303 from all the documents you have, 1630 01:18:18,437 --> 01:18:21,807 the Equagesic that Betty gave Bruce... 1631 01:18:21,940 --> 01:18:23,208 ♪ ♪ 1632 01:18:23,342 --> 01:18:26,945 It wasn't something that Bruce took regularly. 1633 01:18:27,079 --> 01:18:28,981 ‐ Equagesic is the painkiller Bruce takes 1634 01:18:29,114 --> 01:18:30,916 to combat a headache. 1635 01:18:31,049 --> 01:18:32,417 It contains aspirin, 1636 01:18:32,551 --> 01:18:36,788 but also another drug called meprobamate. 1637 01:18:36,922 --> 01:18:39,858 ‐ Realistically, the discussion boils down 1638 01:18:39,992 --> 01:18:43,362 to the aspirin and the meprobamate. 1639 01:18:43,495 --> 01:18:45,831 ‐ In 1973, the official verdict 1640 01:18:45,964 --> 01:18:48,233 was Bruce Lee was killed by the aspirin, 1641 01:18:48,367 --> 01:18:50,535 but there is no scientific evidence 1642 01:18:50,669 --> 01:18:52,137 that he reacted to this drug. 1643 01:18:52,271 --> 01:18:54,506 ‐ Aspirin is so common. 1644 01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:59,011 Now, you know, people take it for prevention of stroke, 1645 01:18:59,144 --> 01:19:01,380 for prevention of heart attacks. 1646 01:19:01,513 --> 01:19:05,817 So that leaves us with this‐‐with meprobamate. 1647 01:19:05,951 --> 01:19:07,352 ‐ Meprobamate is a tranquilizer, 1648 01:19:07,486 --> 01:19:11,556 which was very popular in the U. S. during the 1950s. 1649 01:19:11,690 --> 01:19:15,093 Under the name Miltown, it was prescribed to millions 1650 01:19:15,227 --> 01:19:17,729 as a reliever of stress and anxiety. 1651 01:19:17,863 --> 01:19:19,231 But in recent years, 1652 01:19:19,364 --> 01:19:21,600 the drug has been banned in numerous countries 1653 01:19:21,733 --> 01:19:24,136 because of its harmful side effects. 1654 01:19:24,269 --> 01:19:28,106 ‐ There are reports of people having 1655 01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:31,877 idiosyncratic reactions to meprobamate 1656 01:19:32,010 --> 01:19:34,813 and it possibly causing death. 1657 01:19:34,946 --> 01:19:36,848 ♪ ♪ 1658 01:19:36,982 --> 01:19:38,583 ‐ These idiosyncratic reactions 1659 01:19:38,717 --> 01:19:39,985 are hard to predict, 1660 01:19:40,118 --> 01:19:42,721 as they only happen in a handful of people. 1661 01:19:42,854 --> 01:19:46,124 Dr. Beh thinks Bruce was one of the unlucky ones. 1662 01:19:46,258 --> 01:19:50,128 ‐ Meprobamate caused this swelling of the brain 1663 01:19:50,262 --> 01:19:53,365 in Bruce Lee, leading to him dying. 1664 01:19:53,498 --> 01:19:57,736 ‐ So Bruce Lee was killed by idiosyncratic reaction 1665 01:19:57,869 --> 01:19:59,404 to one tablet. 1666 01:19:59,538 --> 01:20:00,605 ‐ Yep. Sadly. 1667 01:20:00,739 --> 01:20:04,142 ♪ ♪ 1668 01:20:04,276 --> 01:20:06,311 ‐ This is a brand new theory. 1669 01:20:06,445 --> 01:20:08,914 Meprobamate has never before been put forward 1670 01:20:09,047 --> 01:20:10,582 as Bruce Lee's killer, 1671 01:20:10,716 --> 01:20:13,285 but the emergence of new scientific evidence 1672 01:20:13,418 --> 01:20:17,622 in the years since Bruce died makes it a prime suspect. 1673 01:20:17,756 --> 01:20:19,558 Just as in 1973, 1674 01:20:19,691 --> 01:20:21,593 the conclusion is that Bruce Lee's death 1675 01:20:21,727 --> 01:20:23,595 was a tragic accident, 1676 01:20:23,729 --> 01:20:26,798 his fate was sealed the moment he chose to take 1677 01:20:26,932 --> 01:20:29,634 a single Equagesic tablet. 1678 01:20:29,768 --> 01:20:32,270 ♪ ♪ 1679 01:20:32,404 --> 01:20:35,006 ‐ Would his death be painless? 1680 01:20:35,140 --> 01:20:37,909 ‐ Well, from what we know of the scene, 1681 01:20:38,043 --> 01:20:43,281 the description was he looked like he was in a deep sleep, 1682 01:20:43,415 --> 01:20:46,651 lying there, you know, peacefully. 1683 01:20:46,785 --> 01:20:50,088 And probably, because of the cerebral swelling, 1684 01:20:50,222 --> 01:20:51,256 he was unconscious. 1685 01:20:51,390 --> 01:20:55,093 So again, probably no pain either. 1686 01:20:55,227 --> 01:20:59,398 ♪ ♪ 1687 01:20:59,531 --> 01:21:03,435 ‐ For Chan, this marks the end of the investigation, 1688 01:21:03,568 --> 01:21:06,638 but there's one more person he needs to talk to‐‐ 1689 01:21:06,772 --> 01:21:10,909 Bruce's brother, Robert Lee. 1690 01:21:11,042 --> 01:21:12,310 ‐ Robert. ‐ Yes. 1691 01:21:12,444 --> 01:21:14,646 ‐ Are you ready for my conclusion? 1692 01:21:14,780 --> 01:21:15,814 ‐ Yes. 1693 01:21:15,947 --> 01:21:17,282 ♪ ♪ 1694 01:21:17,416 --> 01:21:18,583 ‐ Okay. 1695 01:21:18,717 --> 01:21:20,652 First of all, I would like to tell you 1696 01:21:20,786 --> 01:21:25,791 that your brother didn't die of an allergy to aspirin. 1697 01:21:25,924 --> 01:21:27,125 ♪ ♪ 1698 01:21:27,259 --> 01:21:30,061 And there was no evidence of Bruce 1699 01:21:30,195 --> 01:21:33,198 being the victim of foul play. 1700 01:21:33,331 --> 01:21:35,100 Now, 1701 01:21:35,233 --> 01:21:36,701 despite your brother's reluctance 1702 01:21:36,835 --> 01:21:40,639 to reveal medical problems to you or anybody else, 1703 01:21:40,772 --> 01:21:44,676 you know, I can't find a link between a medical condition 1704 01:21:44,810 --> 01:21:47,078 and his death at all. 1705 01:21:47,212 --> 01:21:50,415 Actually, we left no stone unturned. 1706 01:21:50,549 --> 01:21:51,483 ‐ Okay. 1707 01:21:51,616 --> 01:21:54,453 ‐ I returned to what happened on that‐‐ 1708 01:21:54,586 --> 01:21:57,989 on the night of 20th of July, 1973. 1709 01:21:58,123 --> 01:21:59,758 The only thing out of the ordinary 1710 01:21:59,891 --> 01:22:01,760 was that he took that‐‐ 1711 01:22:01,893 --> 01:22:06,965 that one single tablet of Equagesic, okay? 1712 01:22:07,098 --> 01:22:09,000 It contains aspirin, but aspirin 1713 01:22:09,134 --> 01:22:11,169 isn't the only thing in that drug. 1714 01:22:11,303 --> 01:22:14,873 There's another chemical called meprobamate. 1715 01:22:15,006 --> 01:22:17,409 Now, in recent years, medical findings 1716 01:22:17,542 --> 01:22:21,146 have discovered that this particular element 1717 01:22:21,279 --> 01:22:24,216 could have a fatal effect on some patients, 1718 01:22:24,349 --> 01:22:26,151 although it wasn't known at the time. 1719 01:22:26,284 --> 01:22:27,786 The conclusion that I reached, therefore, 1720 01:22:27,919 --> 01:22:30,155 is that your brother 1721 01:22:30,288 --> 01:22:33,859 seem to have reacted to meprobamate, 1722 01:22:33,992 --> 01:22:37,262 and this was the only thing that killed him. 1723 01:22:37,395 --> 01:22:41,500 So it was a very tragic accident. 1724 01:22:41,633 --> 01:22:44,636 ♪ ♪ 1725 01:22:44,769 --> 01:22:46,204 ‐ Well... [sighs] 1726 01:22:46,338 --> 01:22:49,741 I wasn't expecting that answer, but... 1727 01:22:49,875 --> 01:22:53,545 coming from you, I accept it. 1728 01:22:53,678 --> 01:22:55,547 I accept it. ‐ It's very unfortunate. 1729 01:22:55,680 --> 01:22:57,616 I can‐‐ I can share your feelings, 1730 01:22:57,749 --> 01:23:00,585 now that we've‐‐we've been involved in this for a while. 1731 01:23:00,719 --> 01:23:04,022 And at least we can get a lot of the other 1732 01:23:04,155 --> 01:23:06,525 so‐called mysteries out of the way 1733 01:23:06,658 --> 01:23:09,528 and do him the justice he deserves. 1734 01:23:09,661 --> 01:23:14,132 But I can tell you one thing‐‐ there was no pain. 1735 01:23:14,266 --> 01:23:18,470 He passed away peacefully. 1736 01:23:18,603 --> 01:23:20,438 ‐ Yeah. Yeah. 1737 01:23:20,572 --> 01:23:23,208 Thank you. Thank you, Philip. 1738 01:23:23,341 --> 01:23:25,176 I was expecting to get an answer 1739 01:23:25,310 --> 01:23:27,112 that will make me fall off my chair. 1740 01:23:27,245 --> 01:23:29,447 But instead, it didn't, 1741 01:23:29,581 --> 01:23:32,884 but I felt good and peaceful about it, 1742 01:23:33,018 --> 01:23:35,887 because I was hoping 1743 01:23:36,021 --> 01:23:38,156 that it will not be foul play, 1744 01:23:38,290 --> 01:23:41,726 that it will not be some freak, 1745 01:23:41,860 --> 01:23:44,396 weird person trying to kill Bruce. 1746 01:23:44,529 --> 01:23:49,167 You know, this so solid 1747 01:23:49,301 --> 01:23:52,837 and scientific an answer that I can really accept. 1748 01:23:52,971 --> 01:23:54,673 ♪ ♪ 1749 01:23:54,806 --> 01:23:58,243 Bruce passed away when he was 32 years old 1750 01:23:58,376 --> 01:23:59,811 when he was at the prime, 1751 01:23:59,945 --> 01:24:04,115 at the peak of his physique, 1752 01:24:04,249 --> 01:24:08,386 and at the peak of his intelligence. 1753 01:24:08,520 --> 01:24:14,192 And he did something that nobody can achieve. 1754 01:24:14,326 --> 01:24:16,194 And I think I have closure now. 1755 01:24:16,328 --> 01:24:17,829 ♪ ♪ 1756 01:24:17,963 --> 01:24:20,432 ‐ Bruce will always be with us. ‐ Yep. 1757 01:24:20,565 --> 01:24:24,035 He will always be with us. Yep, that's right. 1758 01:24:24,169 --> 01:24:25,937 [sighs] 1759 01:24:26,071 --> 01:24:27,672 ♪ ♪ 1760 01:24:27,806 --> 01:24:30,575 ‐ Bruce Lee's death has always been surrounded by mystery 1761 01:24:30,709 --> 01:24:32,978 and subject to wild conspiracy theories. 1762 01:24:33,111 --> 01:24:35,480 Now this investigation has forensically searched 1763 01:24:35,614 --> 01:24:38,683 through the evidence and arrived at a new conclusion. 1764 01:24:38,817 --> 01:24:40,885 After almost five decades of hurt, 1765 01:24:41,019 --> 01:24:44,823 Robert Lee finally has an answer for how his brother, 1766 01:24:44,956 --> 01:24:47,492 the greatest martial arts movie star of all time, 1767 01:24:47,626 --> 01:24:50,095 really died. [all shouting] 1768 01:24:50,228 --> 01:24:51,663 Thank you for watching 1769 01:24:51,796 --> 01:24:54,232 "History's Greatest Mysteries." 1770 01:24:54,366 --> 01:24:58,203 ♪ ♪