On July 21, 1973, an explosive news that happened in Hong Kong shocked the whole world: 's generation of kung fu superstar, Bruce Lee , passed away at 23:30 last night.
But at that time, this hot news was mistaken by many people as the bottomless hype of the Hong Kong media, because Bruce Lee just finished the filming of the movie " Dragon Fight " , this was just a scene before the movie was released. Just publicity.
Bruce Lee's funeral
Until three days later, on the day of Bruce Lee's funeral, stars and celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong came to pay their respects. People had to believe this unacceptable fact. The streets of Hong Kong were empty for a time, and the funeral people spontaneously lined up on both sides of the road. Form two teams and send the pride of Chinese Kung Fu to the last leg.
Bruce Lee's wife Linda also brought a pair of children Li Guohao , Li Xiangning to his mourning hall from Seattle, USA, only to see Bruce Lee lying in the coffin still wearing his " Jingwumen " The dark blue Tang suit wore when he played Huo Yuanjia in 2009. The children who were not doing anything thought that their father was still making a movie . The 7-year-old son Li Guohao also pointed to his father's body and called "Movie, Movie".
Bruce Lee and his wife and children
saw such a desolate scene, and all those who went to pay their respects shed tears. But how could a kung fu superstar suddenly fall in his prime? The cause of Bruce Lee's death has become a topic of discussion on the streets and alleys for a while.
Behind the confusing lies is a prominent identity
At first, the media got the news that Bruce Lee suddenly fainted at home, and then was sent to Hong Kong Elizabeth Hospital by his wife Linda for rescue, and eventually died.
However, the well-informed "New Star Daily" soon found a surprising piece of news through the ambulance's departure record. It turned out that on the evening of July 20, the ambulance of Elizabeth Hospital was from No. 67 Beacon Hill Road, Hong Kong. Picked up Bruce Lee, but this is not Bruce Lee's residence, but the home of a 26-year-old Hong Kong actress. The
newspaper reported that as soon as the news of
came out, the whole of Hong Kong was in an uproar, murder, sudden death, and conspiracy theories all of a sudden, all pointing at the actress. When the reporter interviewed her, she denied it, said that Bruce Lee did not die in his own home. And that day, she was not at home, but with her mother.
But this statement was soon slapped in the face by the later police investigation results: on the day of the incident, besides the actress, there was another person present, and this person was the owner of Jiahe Pictures Zou Wenhuai . It was the same person who called the hospital for an ambulance, which means they both lied at the same time.
Ding Pei
things became more confusing, and people were even more shocked when they learned the true identity of this young actress, her name is Ding Pei, formerly known as Tang Meili, born in Taiwan Province, China , beautiful as her name suggests , Tang Meili has a beautiful appearance and is especially good at dancing. When she was 20 years old, she joined Shaw Brothers and changed her name to Ding Pei. Because of her beautiful appearance,
is positioned as a sexy line by the company. She played the leading role in the just-released movie "Call Girl" , which won unanimous praise in the circle. And her family background is even more amazing. Her grandfather Bao Shulin is a junior of Zhang Xueliang , and a classmate. Later, he became the chief of the Beiping Police Station , and he is very powerful. Later, he married Zhang Xueliang's sister. In this way, Ding Pei had to call Zhang Xueliang his uncle.
Ding Pei
Her grandfather is not simple. He studied in Japan and served as the president of the Army General Hospital. He has made great achievements in the field of Chinese and Western medicine. can be said to have a strong family background and is a veritable little princess. After she became popular with her looks and figure, she met Bruce Lee under the recommendation of her boss Zou Wenhuai.
But who would have thought that their first meeting was actually at the birthday party of Bruce Lee's wife Linda. In 1972, Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee celebrated Linda's birthday at the Kerry Hotel . Because Zou Wenhuai started at Shaw before, and later became popular with Ding Pei when he arrived at Jiahe , he invited Ding Pei, a popular beauty at the time.
Ding Pei and Bruce Lee
Although Ding Pei was somewhat famous at the time, he was naturally incomparable to the world-renowned Bruce Lee, and she had long been looking for an opportunity to get to know this kung fu superstar. So back then, Ding Pei put a lot of thought into dressing up. Besides, she was naturally beautiful and had a devilish figure. When she appeared at the birthday party, she immediately attracted everyone's attention, including Bruce Lee of course.
So the two of them sat together during dinner, and Bruce Lee took Ding Pei's hand under the dining table. Of course Ding Pei understood it, so the two came together in a grand manner. Since Bruce Lee has been filming in Hong Kong during this period, the two often go out in pairs, and the development of their relationship is quite rapid, so that in order to facilitate the meeting, Ding Pei also Specially bought a sports car .
Ding Pei and Bruce Lee
Ding Pei is known for his bold style and his own way in the circle. When the two quarreled and Bruce Lee proposed to break up, she actually came directly to Bruce Lee's house and said in front of his wife Linda " I love Bruce Lee very much." Linda, who already had a son and a daughter, didn't have the anger or resentment she imagined. Instead, she thought it was her husband's reputation and charm. There was no love between him and Ding Pei. Stimulate.
And Ding Pei at that time was just a "silly woman" wishful thinking in her eyes. Moreover, Linda's trust in her husband was later verified by Bruce Lee himself. Once Bruce Lee told his brother Li Zhongchen about Ding Pei: "I admit that I like her, but that's not the case. not love".
Ding Pei and his wife and children
The psychedelic operation makes the truth more mysterious
No matter whether the relationship between Bruce Lee and Ding Pei is true or false, it all came to an abrupt end on July 20.
followed by public condemnation and negative publicity from the media. For a time, Ding Pei became the most vicious woman, "Fox spirit", "Little San", "taking aphrodisiac" and other sayings spread like a god, and Bruce Lee's fanaticism In addition to verbal criticism, fans even sent death threats "either she will die herself or kill her" .
Bruce Lee really died on Ding Pei's bed, which was finally confirmed by the police , and because she had lied before, almost everyone believed that even if Bruce Lee was not deliberately killed by her, she was also a victim of him. death is inseparable from the relationship. Later, in the face of turbulent waves of public opinion and police investigators, Ding Pei chose to remain silent at this time.
Ding Pei and Bruce Lee
Just when things became more and more uncontrollable, the cause of Bruce Lee's death was found out. The investigation result given by the police is that Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema , and the cause of cerebral edema, The doctor did not give a firm conclusion.
The suspicion of homicide or suicide has now been ruled out, but people who have been practicing martial arts all year round can't possibly understand their physical condition at all. Is there no sign of cerebral edema? Ding Pei still can't get rid of the trouble of public opinion. .
Just when Ding Pei didn't know how to explain it, Bruce Lee's wife Linda stood up unexpectedly, she said "Husband Bruce Lee really died of natural causes, and no one is responsible for his death" , this Obviously, he was helping Ding Pei to clear his suspicions, but because Ding Pei kept his mouth shut, the cause of Bruce Lee's death eventually became a mystery and became the most popular topic in the community for decades.
Linda at the funeral took the child
It was a coincidence that in the second year of Bruce Lee's death 1975 , Ding Pei was invited by Shaw Brothers to shoot another film.A biographical style film called " Bruce Lee and I " , plays the leading role in the film and plays herself, but the cause of Bruce Lee's death in the film is because he took aphrodisiacs at Ding Pei's house. The psychedelic operation of
immediately aroused the anger of Xiaolong fans, and Ding Pei explained that was already in a schizophrenic state due to Bruce Lee's death, so he made this movie in a daze, so that The reason is obviously not convincing, and the reason behind it is really intriguing.
Just before another round of public opinion storm is about to come, a person appears in front of Ding Pei, who has been ruined at this time. This person is Xiang Huaqiang .
Ding Pei and Xiang Huaqiang
Ding Pei at that time had a mental breakdown and had the idea of committing suicide, but fortunately, Xiang Huaqiang chatted with her every day, relieved the depression in her heart, and cared for her life. In this way, it didn't take long for Ding Pei to marry Xiang Huaqiang out of gratitude, and then faded out of the entertainment industry.
However, since this marriage was not because of love, and after Ding Pei gave birth to a daughter for Xiang Huaqiang, he began to eat fast and recite Buddha, and was with the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng all day long, and Xiang Huaqiang also found his true love at this time. Chen Lan , but when Ding Pei knew about it, directly took the initiative to file for divorce, gave up the position to Chen Lan, and then converted to Buddhism by practicing at home.
Chen Lan and Xiang Huaqiang
However, the relationship between Xiang Huaqiang and Ding Pei has always been very good, and even Xiang Huaqiang promised to support Ding Pei for a lifetime.
But there is one more thing that has become a deeper bond between the two families. The birth date of Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan's first son Xiang Zuo is also July 20th, which happened to be the day Bruce Lee had an accident , this Ding Pei thought that Xiang Zuo was the reincarnation of Bruce Lee, and she always treated Xiang Zuo as her own son. Xiang Huaqiang and his wife also handed Xiang Zuo to Ding Pei to raise him for a period of time. This shows that the two families have a very deep relationship.
From left: Xiang Zuo, Chen Lan, Xiang Huaqiang
It has been 42 years since the story of Bruce Lee and Ding Pei, and when it was about to be forgotten by people, Ding Pei walked into " Luyu has a date " In the first episode of the show, she told the truth about Bruce Lee's death..
The truth is full of regrets
On the afternoon of July 20, 1973, Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Golden Harvest Pictures, drove to Bruce Lee's house to discuss their new script "Game of Death" . It was during this discussion that Bruce Lee proposed that he wanted to Let Ding Pei play a role , Zou Wenhuai also readily agreed.
Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee
So the two drove together to Ding Pei's house on Beacon Hill Road. They talked for a long time at Ding Pei's house. During this period, Bruce Lee kept discussing the script. He hadn't eaten any food, just had a drink. Can of soda. Because the three of them got along very well, everything went smoothly, and when it was about to get dark, they decided to go out for a meal together.
And just when everyone was about to leave, Bruce Lee suddenly said that he had a "headache" , Ding Pei didn't think there was anything special, so he gave Bruce Lee the prescription powerful painkiller that he took on weekdays. After taking a slice, Bruce Lee ate it without thinking too much.
After taking the medicine, there was no improvement, so Ding Pei proposed to let Bruce Lee rest on the bed in the bedroom for a while, and Bruce Lee told Zou Wenhuai to set off first and take a rest by himself "to meet at the restaurant". Then he went into the bedroom and closed the door to rest.
Zou Wenhuai and Ding Pei
During Bruce Lee's break, Ding Pei was sitting in the living room watching TV. Ding Pei, who usually doesn't like watching TV very much, suddenly became very interested in TV shows that day. It took more than an hour to watch it. also called Zou Wenhuai twice during this period, saying that Bruce Lee was sleeping soundly, and he might come later.
This made Zou Wenhuai aware of something different.In the same way, because Bruce Lee is a very punctual person, knowing that he is waiting for him here, he will not be late for no reason. So, after a while, Zou Wenhuai took the initiative to call Ding Pei and asked her to wake up Bruce Lee. But at this time, Ding Pei said that he had called him many times, but he couldn't wake up.
Bruce Lee
found that the situation was not good, Zou Wenhuai immediately rushed to Ding Pei's house, because he knew that not long ago, Bruce Lee had suddenly passed out during a shooting process. Fortunately, he was sent to the doctor in time, otherwise he would have died at that time. But when Zou Wenhuai arrived at the scene, no matter how he pushed and patted, Bruce Lee did not respond. He immediately realized that the situation was wrong, so he urgently contacted Zhu Bohuai, Ding Pei's personal doctor.
Dr. Zhu arrived on time and arrived at Ding Pei's residence in only ten minutes. After he checked Bruce Lee carefully, he found that "Bruce has fallen into a state of unconsciousness, with no breathing or pulse. No response to external stimuli, but still have body temperature" , so Zou Wenhuai immediately called the ambulance.
left the two to wait for the ambulance to arrive, while Ding Pei drove to the hospital alone. When she rushed to the hospital, she actually arrived earlier than the ambulance.
Bruce Lee died
But unfortunately, after Bruce Lee went through a series of rescues in the hospital, the emergency doctor announced that the patient had no signs of life.
In fact, Bruce Lee's sudden death is not without any signs. Except for who passed out on the set some time ago, his usual high-intensity training and intense and overloaded work are all reasons for his physical problems. But Zou Wenhuai knew in his heart that they couldn't stop at that time, and Bruce Lee would not allow himself to stop suddenly when he was at his peak.
At first, in order to protect Ding Pei, both Zou Wenhuai and Ding Pei said that Bruce Lee died in their own home, but the truth could not be concealed for long, and soon the police investigation results shattered their lies. Ding Pei also mentioned some details in "Interview with Luyu".
Ding Pei and Luyu
Bruce Lee's training is very harsh on weekdays. He not only requires intensive training but also requires quick training. He used a electric shock training method, which was newly developed in Japan at that time, . Achieve the effect of 10 hours of ordinary exercise , which was also mentioned in an interview with Bruce Lee's friend Yuanhua , and when Bruce Lee died, this kind of electric shock training in Japan was immediately banned.
In addition, in order to pursue the perfect effect on the screen, also removed the sweat glands in his armpits through surgery , and it was Ding Pei who accompanied him during this surgery. Sometimes they When together, Bruce Lee would often say to himself "I'm tired" .
Bruce Lee
Although Ding Pei disclosed some details of the time 42 years after the fall of the kung fu superstar, these are not enough to fully convince the public, so the cause of Bruce Lee's death has not yet been fully answered, whether it is Bruce Lee or Ding Pei Anyway, their lives are full of legends, maybe this is the best ending for the superstars in people's minds.
