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Bruce Lee's gravesite, Seattle, 1977

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Legendary martial artist Lee Jun Fan (1940-1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco, raised in Hong Kong, and attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to back to California. During his time in Seattle Lee began teaching martial arts, and later his Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, sparking a surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s.

This image shows Bruce Lee's grave at Seattle's Lake View Cemetery. The gravesite is visited by thousands of people from all over the world each year. People coming to pay their respects blanket the grave with candles, flowers, notes, and other offerings, as seen in this photo. Lee's son Brandon, a martial artist and actor, died in a filming accident in 1993 and is buried next to his father.

Caption information source: https://www.brucelee.com/bruce-lee
ID Number: 2000.107.111.30.01
Date: 1977
Creator(s): Tolman, Cary W., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.111.30.01, photo by Cary W. Tolman
Copyright: All Rights Reserved