Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, California at a Chinese Hospital. On November 27, 1940 to his Chinese father Lee Hoi-Chuen and Chinese-German mother Grace Lee, where his parents were on a one-year U.S. tour with the Cantonese Opera Company. Bruce's Cantonese given name, (Jun Fan Cantonese: Janfàan Pinyin: Zhènfán), literally means "invigorate San Francisco." When he was born, he was given the English name "Bruce" by the doctor that delivered him. His name "Bruce" was never used with his family until he went to highschool (LaSalle College) and then on to college(St. Francis Xavier College).
Education and Fam
When he was just 14 years old, Bruce Lee attended La Salle College in Hong Kong, which was a high school. He then attended St Francis Xavier's College from 1957-1959. Bruce got into a fight with a feared Triad gang member's son in 1959 and his father was worried about his safety and sent Bruce to the United States to live with a good friend of his father's. All he had......
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