今天是“功夫之王”李小龍的忌日（death anniversary）。1973年7月21日早晨，香港《晨報》刊登了一條讓所有人都難以置信的新聞：當(dāng)紅功夫巨星李小龍于20日晚11時30分在伊莉莎白醫(yī)院突然逝世，年僅33歲。

消息一經(jīng)發(fā)布，整個香港為之震驚，很多人不愿相信鋼筋鐵骨的李小龍會在人生事業(yè)如日中天之際撒手人寰，很多人覺得這是報紙在惡意炒作，是假消息，但是很快，香港《快報》、《明報》陸續(xù)登出了李小龍去世的消息，一代武俠巨匠金庸先生也親自提筆撰寫社論緬懷李小龍。

7月24日，也就是李小龍死后的第四天，香港《明報》赫然在中英文版面上同時刊登了一個爆炸性的消息：“本報獨有可靠消息，李小龍死前昏迷地點，正是丁姓明星，即當(dāng)紅影星、李小龍的紅顏知己丁佩的寓所所在！

女人、謊言，令李小龍死因迷霧重重。警方驗尸報告揭開大麻、保險與死亡的預(yù)兆。

死因分析:

By Hong Kong triads (gangsters)

The rumors ranged from Lee being killed by Hong Kong triads (gangsters) because he refused to pay them protection money - —something that was common for Chinese movie stars to do at that time —to his being killed by an angry martial artist's dim mak (death touch) strike.

Lee was cursed...

Some people claimed Lee was cursed—he had just bought a house in Hong Kong that was supposed to be haunted—or that he had died while mking love to actress Betty Tingpei, or that he had angered the Chinese martial arts community by teaching foreigners, and that he had been killed in a challenge match.

Victim of too much gum Ilk

Many Chinese believed Lee was the victim of too much gum Ilk (intensity) in his training, while others cited drug use as the cause for his sudden demise.

Cerebral Edema （腦水腫）

The facts of the case are this: Lee died after falling into a coma. The coroner's report was inconclusive, and medical authorities came up with five reasons for Lee's untimely death. However, they all agreed that it was caused by a cerebral edema (a swelling of the brain caused by a congestion of fluid).?But what caused the edema became a matter of speculation.?

Dr. R.R. Lycette of Queen Elizabeth Hospital viewed Lee's death as a hypersensitivity to one or more of the compounds found in the headache tablet he consumed that afternoon.?

Lee said...

"If I should die tomorrow," he used to say, "I will have no regrets. I did what I wanted to do. You can't expect more from life."?