?They?re Offering Me Blank Checks?: Bruce Lee Proudly Made a Bizarre Revelation to Chuck Norris After a Near-Death Experience Once

Bruce Lee has been an inspiration to many. From Jackie Chan to Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee and his body of work encouraged many in a significant way. There was only a handful of people that Lee looked up to not just in his personal life, but professionally too. And Chuck Norris was one.

Despite having a competitive feud between the two, Norris regarded Lee as someone respectable and was eager to learn from his genius. Let’s see what Lee had to share just after his horrific incident.

Bruce Lee successfully dodged death

While shooting for Enter the Dragon, Lee almost gasped to death because of a seizure, but thanks to the Hong Kong doctors who took measures to help him out. He was determined enough to say, ?I felt very close to death. I exerted my will and told myself, ?I?m going to fight it?I?m going to make it?I?m not going to give up.? I knew if I surrendered, I would die.”

After fully recovering from what felt like death, Lee invited Norris over lunch and shared his experience. To this, Norris asked the reason behind his seizure, but he seemed to be oblivious to that. Instead, Lee was more eager to talk about the movie offers he got. He revealed to Norris, “They?re offering me blank checks for my next movie. Imagine it, I can fill in any amount I want if I?ll just sign with them.? In addition, he shared his aspirations, “You watch. I?m going to be the first Chinese film actor to become internationally famous. Before long I?ll be bigger than Steve McQueen.?

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After getting a clean bill of health from the doctors in LA, Bruce was a happy man. Doctors told him that he had the insides of an eighteen-year-old boy and that surprised him the most even more than his near-death experience. The opportunities were many and his mind and body were both in tandem with everything that life had to offer. But what conspired him to go through a near-death experience?

His near-death experience

In 1973, Lee experienced a massive seizure due to heat stroke while dubbing for a film. The crew took him to the nearby hospital as soon as possible for his breathing irregularities. He was gurgling and shaking while experiencing spasms and did not respond well to any medications. After 2?3 hours of struggling, the martial artist finally gained consciousness and felt a bit better. The doctors primarily suspected that intake of hash to be the reason behind this, though, unsatisfied, Lee went on to take a second opinion.

In LA, doctors diagnosed Lee with cerebral edema but both failed to detect increased body heat behind everything. Reportedly, the removal of his armpit sweat glands led to an increase in internal heat generation in his body, and failed to maintain a homeostatic condition. Little did he know that he had only two months left in his life!

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Although he died young, Lee always looked forward to achieving success being a self-made martial artist till his last breath. What could he have done differently? Let us know in the comments.