Bruce Lee is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle, Washington, alongside his son Brandon. This complete guide covers how to get there, what to expect, and what else to see nearby.
Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973 — six days before Enter the Dragon opened in US cinemas. The official cause was cerebral oedema. The complete picture, fifty years later, is still not fully resolved.
Bruce Lee is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle’s Capitol Hill — the city where he built his first martial arts school and became the thinker who created Jeet Kune Do. His son Brandon is buried beside him.
A complete chronological timeline of Bruce Lee’s life — from his 1940 birth in San Francisco through his transformation into a global icon and his death in Hong Kong in 1973, with context for each key period.