Under a cloudless sky, kung fu students and Bruce Lee fans, including a family of four from Paris, France, gathered to honor the legend and his son Brandon at Seattle’s Lake View Cemetery on 15th Avenue on Thursday.
Bruce Lee died 50 years ago on July 20, 1973, and his son on March 31, 1993.
MJ Steele, a staff member of Wing Luke and a jeet kune do student, placed incense in front of the Lees’ gravestones. (Photo by Becky Chan)
Linda Lee Cadwell spoke of the event as a remembrance of “the birth of the legend Bruce Lee,” not his death 50 years ago. Their son Brandon died 30 years ago. (Photo by Becky Chan)
Linda Lee Cadwell spoke with students of the Jun Fan Gung Fu Academy of Seattle. The academy was conceived as a club to teach what eventually became Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee in 1960. (Photo by Becky Chan)
Gabriel Devera of Auburn pays respect to the Lees. (Photo by Becky Chan)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a wonderful tribute yesterday entitled “Bruce Lee & Me” in Substack! Read it! It’s beautiful!!