Brandon Lee

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Carlos Salazar, Staff Writer

Brandon Lee was born on February 1, 1964 in Oakland California. Lee was born to famous martial artist Bruce Lee. Sadly, Lee’s father passed away when he was 8 years old and now had to move with his mother and sister to seattle and his early life started to go into a struggling path. Brandon Lee dropped out of high school several times and attended Emerson College in Boston studying drama. Brandon was very interested in acting. It was something he was passionate about.

In Lee’s early career, he appeared in Kung Fu: The Movie , Laser Mission (1990), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), and Rapid Fire (1992). Brandon Lee’s biggest role was in the movie The Crow (1994). When the production of the movie was ending, Lee had a death scene in the film where he gets shot with a gun. Sadly, the prop gun had a real bullet instead of a blank. The bullet hit his abdomen and ended in his rear spine. Brandon Lee died on March 31, 1993 from his injuries. Brandon Lee was buried next to his father in Seattle on April 3, 1993.