A true citizen of the world, Lee Jun-Fan, known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong

and American actor, film director, martial artist, philosopher and founder of the martial art,

Jeet Kundo. Lee was the son of a Cantonese opera star and actor, and became a child actor

before he was even able to speak. Bruce Lee is widely considered to be one of the most influential

martial artists of all time, and one of the biggest pop culture icons of the 20th century.

Also often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.

Because of the international nature of his life, he would find himself fighting racism on two

sides. On the one side, he was an actor with the acting and action chops to be a leading man,

but because he was a Chinese origin, he was overlooked and even had his idea for a television

show taken from him. On the other side, he was one of the most popular martial arts teachers

in the Western United States. He was challenged by other Chinese martial artists for teaching Chinese

traditional hand-to-hand combat to non-Chinese students. But he didn't let racism stop him from

teaching who he wanted to teach and acting in the kind of movies he wanted to act in. He worked

his ass off and created his own incredible path. A path we'll learn about today. And his path

opened up a path for a son Brandon, who, like his father, studied both martial arts and acting.

Like his father, Brandon's life would also be tragically cut short right before he might have

gone on to become as famous, maybe even more famous than his father. Today on Time Suck, we're

investigating the brilliant lives of both Bruce and Brandon Lee. One was known as the Dragon.

The other became famous as the Crow. Join us for a celebration of life and look at two heartbreaking

deaths today on a Kung Fu bustin' through edition of Time Suck.

Happy Monday, Time Suckers. I hope despite most celebrations being cancelled,

you American Suckers still had a good 4th July. I'm Dan Cummins,

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