A study questions the causes that led to the death of Bruce Lee, actor and martial artist who died prematurely in 1973 at the age of 32.
Are the root causes of Bruce Lee’s death changed? A new medical study sows doubt. The actor and martial artist made famous by Big Boss, then The Fury to Conquer and The Fury of the Dragon died on May 10, 1973.
A study by the Clinical Kidney Journal relayed in particular by Variety affirms that the 32-year-old actor had “multiple risk factors for hyponatremia”, meaning that the body often retains more liquid than sodium. The patient then suffers from excessive water consumption (the study cites that this was the case of the actor) which can lead to this hyponatremia.
The study supports this finding by the fact that the actor used marijuana, which causes increased thirst, combined with painkillers, alcohol and a medical liability in this place, would have created kidney problems.
We hypothesize that Bruce Lee died of a particular form of kidney dysfunction: the inability to excrete enough water to maintain homeostasis (the balance of water and sodium in the blood).
“This can lead to hyponatremia”continue the study, “to cerebral edema and death within hours if excess water is not coupled with evacuation of water via urine.”
Recall that officially, Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema that started during a repeating session of Operation Dragon. This last feature film by the actor-stuntman was released in France on January 9, 1974.