{"id":1746800,"date":"2022-11-21T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746800"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:17:55","slug":"mystery-of-kung-fu-icon-bruce-lees-death-may-finally-be-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mystery-of-kung-fu-icon-bruce-lees-death-may-finally-be-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Of Kung Fu Icon Bruce Lee\u2019s Death May Finally Be Solved"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmystery-of-kung-fu-icon-bruce-lees-death-may-finally-be-solved%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1746800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Although Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee\u2019s death at the age of 32 in 1973 was blamed on swelling of the brain from painkillers, many theories were propounded that his actual cause of death remained a mystery, including theories that he was murdered by gangsters or died from heatstroke.<\/p>\n<p>Now a team of scientific researchers, having examined publicly available evidence, has reached a new and startling conclusion of what actually killed the martial arts superstar, who popularized the motto, \u201cBe water, my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Too much water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now propose, based on an analysis of publicly available information, that the cause of death was cerebral oedema due to hyponatraemia,\u201d the team of researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9664576\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">write<\/a>. \u201cIn other words, we propose that the kidney\u2019s inability to excrete excess water killed Bruce Lee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Polly, who wrote \u201cBruce Lee, A Life,\u201d claimed Lee used marijuana heavily and drank copious amounts of water the day he died, The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11451827\/Bruce-Lee-died-drinking-WATER.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers note numerous risk factors from which Less suffered that may have contributed to his death from drinking excess water, including high marijuana use, which increases thirst, as well as factors that inhibit the kidneys from excreting water, such as prescription drug, alcohol, chronic low solute intake, or a past history of acute kidney injury and exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers dismiss the theory that Lee died from hypersensitivity to Equagesic, writing, \u201cHypersensitivity to the components of Equagesic (aspirin and meprobamate) was identified as the official cause of death. However, Lee had taken this drug before and on the day of his death, he took it\u00a0AFTER\u00a0he felt unwell, already having symptoms that may be explained by cerebral oedema (i.e. headache) and cerebral oedema would not be expected to be the only necropsy finding if indeed hypersensitivity to Equagesic was the cause of death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They dismiss Polly\u2019s claim of heatstroke as cause of death by acknowledging that Lee had his axillary sweat glands removed a month before his death, but it was \u201cunlikely\u201d axillary sweat gland removal alone could facilitate heatstroke,\u201d adding, \u201cOverall, the time-course, ability to sweat and lack of extreme weather and of reports by witnesses of excessive heat or skin temperature or dry skin despite a warm environment argue against heatstroke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the evening that Lee died, Polly repeatedly refers to water intake during the day, including just before Lee became noticeably ill,\u201d the researchers note. \u201cThe excess fluid intake appears to have become a habit for Lee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIronically, Lee made famous the quote \u2018Be water my friend,\u2019 but excess water appears to have ultimately killed him,\u201d the researchers conclude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee\u2019s death at the age of 32 in 1973 was blamed on swelling of the brain from painkillers, many theories were propounded that his actual cause of death remained a mystery, including theories that he was murdered by gangsters or died from heatstroke. 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