General Info:

North American Name: Bruce Lee
Chinese Name: Lee Jun Fan
Alias Name: Little Dragon
Date Born & Death: November 27, 1940---July 20, 1973
Place of Born: San Francisco, USA
Chinese Horoscope: Year of the Dragon
Height: 5' 7"
Weight : 130 lbs
Father's Name: Lee Hoi Chuen
Mother's Name: Grace Lee
Bruce's Wife: Linda Lee (North American)
Children's: Brandon Lee, Shannon Lee
Style & Founder: Jeet kune do
Instructors: Yip Man (wing chun), Dan Inosanto (escrima)
Number of years studied: 19
Number of years teaching: 12
Number of Films he made about Martial Arts: 5 
(Including G.O.D.)
Lately Homage: A Star with his name in the Hollywood's "Walk of Fame"

Main Facts:

With just four completed films to his credit, martial arts master Bruce Lee redefined screen combat forever. Though born in America, Lee was raised in Hong Kong, where his father, Lee Hoi-chuen, was a famous stage and movie performer. Bruce Lee worked in the local film industry until, just before his 18th birthday, he returned to the U.S to claim his American citizenship. By then an expert in the Wing Chun kung fu style, Lee subsequently reevaluated his philosophy with regard to the fightning arts.He devised his own 'non-system' of combat, naming it 'Jeet Kune Do' ('The Way Of The Intercepting Fist'). After relocating to Hollywood, Lee became something of a cult figure, training such superstars like James Coburn, Steve McQueen in martial arts and costarring in two t.v. series: 'The Green Hornet' and 'Longstreet'. He signed a concract with Hong Kong's Golden Harvest film company, and returned to the Far East to shoot "The Big Boss', "Fist of Fury',and 'Way of The Dragon'.
Lee shot scenes for a film to be entitled 'Game Of death', before agreeing to make 'Enter The Dragon' for Warner Brothers.On July 20th, 1973 Bruce Lee, then aged only 32, died as a result of celebral edema (swelling of the brain), the precise causes of which remain unknown to this day. He left behind a unique legacy. Bruce Lee was simultaneously the best known kung fu practitioner, the most celebrated martial arts movie star and most famous Chinese person in the world.

Chronology:

• 1940 Nov 27 - Born in San Francisco, CA at the Jackson Street Hospital. Son of Lee Hoi-Chuen and Grace Lee. Named Lee Jun-Fan,                meaning "Return again Lee" [ "Lee" is pronounced "lay" in Cantonese]. 
• 1941 - Returned with family to Kowloon, Hong Kong. 
• 1952 - Entered La Salle College, a Catholic boy's school. 
• Between 1952 and 1959 - Attended St. Francis Xavier College                    this is not a college as the term is used in the USA,                                           but rather a high school]. 
• Between 1954 and 1957 - Studied Wing Chun under the instruction             of Yip Man. Learned as far as the second hand form and part of the                 wooden dummy form. With Wong Sheun-Leung, William Cheung,                   and others made Wing Chun famous in Hong Kong by winning                numerous challenge matches. 
• Between 1957 and 1958 - Continued Wing Chun under the instruction          of  Wong Shun-Leung. 
• Between 1957 and 1959 - Continued Wing Chun under the instruction          of  William Cheung. 
• 1958 - Appeared in Movie "The Orphan.".                                                       Won Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship. 
• 1959 Apr - Returned to San Francisco, California, USA. 
• Between 1959 and 1963 - Moved to Seattle, Washington.                  Finished High School, then majored in Philosophy at                                    University of Washington. Began to create and teach his own                     personal style of martial arts. 
• 1963 - Wrote "Chinese Gung Fu: the philosophical art of self defense" (Burbank: Ohara, 1963). [this book is not about Wing Chun.] 
• 1963 - Trip to Hong Kong. 
• Between 1963 and 1964 - Returned to Seattle. Moved to Oakland, California. 
• 1964 Aug - Gave first major demonstration at Ed Parker's                         Long Beach Karate Internationals. 
• 1964 - Married Linda C. Emery in Seattle. Lived with                               James Yimm Lee family in Oakland. 
• 1965 Feb 1 - Son Brandon born. 
• 1965 - Visited Hong Kong. 
• 1965 Sep - Returned from Hong Kong to Seattle. 
• 1966 Mar - Moved to Los Angeles. 
• 1966 Sep 9 to 1967 Jul 14 - Appeared as Kato in the television series         "The Green Hornet" [what you see in his TV  and movie roles is                    not Wing Chun - instead this is his "movie" style]. 
• 1969 - Appeared in "Marlowe" with James Garner. 
• 1969 Apr 19 - Daughter Shannon born. 
• 1971 Oct - Moved to Hong Kong. 
• 1971 - Starred in "The Big Boss" and "Fist of Fury." 
• 1972 - Starred in "Way of the Dragon" and "Game of Death" (unfinished). 
• 1972 - Assisted in the publication of "Wing Chun Kung Fu"                      with J. Yimm Lee (Burbank: Ohara, 1972). 
• 1972 Dec 1 - Death of Bruce's Wing Chun Sifu Yip Man in Hong Kong. Bruce did not attend the funeral. 
• 1973 - Starred in "Enter the Dragon." 
• 1973 Jul 20 - Died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. 
• 1973 - Buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle.