Linda Lee Cadwell

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Linda Lee Cadwell
Lee in 1998
Born
Linda Emery

(1945-03-21) March 21, 1945 (age 79)
Everett, Washington, U.S.
Other namesLinda Lee
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Occupation(s)Teacher, martial artist, writer
Years active1964–2001
Notable workBruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew (1975)
The Bruce Lee Story (1989)
Spouses
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    (m. 1964; died 1973)​
  • Tom Bleecker
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    (m. 1988; div. 1990)​
  • Bruce Cadwell
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    (m. 1991)​
ChildrenBrandon Lee, Shannon Lee
Websitebruceleefoundation.com

Linda Emery Lee Cadwell (

Bruce Lee Foundation
.

Life and career

She was born in

Baptist and of Swedish, Irish, and English descent.[6][7]

She met Bruce Lee while she was attending

Garfield High School, where Bruce came to give a kung fu demonstration; he was attending the University of Washington at the time. Eventually, she became one of his kung fu students when she was attending the University of Washington, studying to become a teacher.[citation needed
]

They married on August 17, 1964. Linda was a few

allergic reaction to an analgesic.[8][9]

Linda married Tom Bleecker in 1988, and they divorced in 1990. She later wed stockbroker Bruce Cadwell in 1991 and they lived in Rancho Mirage, California.[citation needed]

On March 31, 1993, her son Brandon was accidentally shot to death by a prop gun while filming The Crow.[10]

Cadwell has continued to promote Bruce Lee's martial art Jeet Kune Do. She retired in 2001, and her daughter Shannon (who now heads the Lee family estate), together with son-in-law Ian Keasler, run the Bruce Lee Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching Bruce Lee's philosophy on martial arts and his writing on philosophy.[citation needed]

Books

Cadwell wrote the 1975 book

ISBN 0-89750121-7
).

References

  1. ISBN 9781501187636
    .
  2. ^ "No Charges Filed in Actor's Death During Filming". The New York Times. September 6, 1993.
  3. ^ "My Seattle: Bruce & Brandon Lee, father & son". November 23, 2020.
  4. ISBN 0897501217
    .
  5. ^ "Local News - Lees' grave tender and tour guide - Seattle Times Newspaper". Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Bruce Lee: Overcoming Resistance With Persistence - Self Improvement Association - Self Improvement Membership - Self Improvement Products". January 7, 2012. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ISBN 0804831335
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  8. ISBN 1-58394-148-7
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  9. ^ "Bruce Lee died of seizure?". The Hindu. India. February 26, 2006. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  10. The Los Angeles Times
    . Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  11. ^ Chase, Donald (October 25, 1992). "Re-Enter the Dragon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.

External links

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