Mafia hit, family curse or hyponatraemia: What really killed martial arts legend Bruce Lee?

His official cause of death is listed as cerebral oedema caused by hypersensitivity to Equagesic
Staff writer
Bruce Lee.

It’s coming up to 50 years since the world was rocked by the mysterious death of one of the most influential martial artist of all time — Bruce Lee, who died aged 32 in Hong Kong on 20 July 1973.

Lee’s official cause of death is listed as cerebral oedema caused by hypersensitivity to Equagesic, an aspirin/meprobamate combination drug, with no signs of external injuries or tongue bite at autopsy.