On July 20, 1973, kung fu superstar Bruce Lee died suddenly, dying in the home of his lover Ding Pei. The bad news of Bruce Lee's death almost shocked the whole world, and there are many opinions about the reasons for Bruce Lee's death, and one person has also been pushed to the cusp of the storm, she is Ding Pei.
What happened on the night Bruce Lee died? What is the relationship between Bruce Lee and Ding Pei? Why did he die in Ding Pei's bed? Does Bruce Lee's death have anything to do with Ding Pei?
As a generation of kung fu superstars, Bruce Lee at that time can be said to be invincible, and he is an idol in the hearts of many people, including actress Ding Pei.
Ding Pei is not her real name, her original name is Tang Meili. Ding Pei was born in Taiwan in 1947, 7 years younger than Bruce Lee. Ding Pei's family background is not ordinary, his uncle is Zhang Xueliang, his grandfather is the beiping police chief in the warlord era, and his father has been practicing medicine for three generations. However, Ding Pei never thought of inheriting his father's business, but was very interested in fashion.
Ding Pei likes to dance, and her father sent her to dance school, because dancing is very good, especially in the brother dance, Ding Pei is also known as "Brother Brother Girl".
Like many girls, Ding Pei also wants to become an actor. In 1962, at the age of 15, she participated in the first training of the Chinese Film Actor Training Class, and after graduation, she began to act in movies. At the age of 20, Ding Pei joined Shaw Company and officially changed his name to Ding Pei.
In that very conservative era, Ding Pei began to take the sexy route, not only dressed very boldly, but also played many roles are also very charming. Ding Pei first starred in his debut film "Purple Shell", and then starred in many movies such as "Call Girl" and "A Generation of Superstars", which was welcomed by many people.
Although Ding Pei knew Bruce Lee at that time, the two had never met. The first meeting was at a party in 1972. It was the birthday of Bruce Lee's wife, Linda, and Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee celebrated Linda's birthday at the Kerry Hotel. Because Zou Wenhuai stayed in Shao for many years before establishing Jiahe, and Ding Pei was Zou Wenhuai's popularity, the two had a very good relationship. So at this party, Zou Wenhuai also invited Ding Pei.
Although Ding Pei was already famous at that time, compared with the internationally renowned Bruce Lee, it could not be compared at all, so Ding Pei was also full of admiration for Bruce Lee. Knowing that there was Bruce Lee in the party, Ding Pei specially dressed up, and did not expect that as soon as he appeared, Bruce Lee was amazed by Ding Pei in front of him.
Later, Ding Pei recalled that the first time they met, Bruce Lee took her hand under the table. His favorite idols also like themselves, and Ding Pei naturally did not refuse. In this way, the two walked together blatantly, and the interaction became closer and closer.
You should know that Bruce Lee had married Linda at that time, and also gave birth to a son and a daughter, but Ding Pei did not care, and Bruce Lee was almost inseparable, in order to date, Ding Pei even bought a sports car.
The bold and spicy Ding Pei also made no secret of his love for Bruce Lee, and even once said in front of Linda: "I love Bruce Lee very much."
However, not long after the two met, Bruce Lee announced his death. In 1973, Zou Wenhuai asked Bruce Lee to go to Ding Pei's home to discuss the script "Game of Death", but he did not expect bruce Lee to die suddenly that night.
Regarding the details of Bruce Lee's death, Zou Wenhuai and Ding Pei invariably lied. Zou Wenhuai said that Bruce Lee died in his home, while Ding Pei said that when Bruce Lee died, he was not at home at all and stayed with his mother. Later, after an official investigation, Bruce Lee died in Ding Pei's home.
Why did Ding Pei lie about Bruce Lee's death? Was it done on purpose, or was there something else hidden? 42 years later, Ding Pei gave the answer.
In 2015, 42 years after Bruce Lee's death, Ding Pei published his autobiography, Bruce Lee and My Old Days: Half a Life of Practice, A Lifetime of Remembrance, which details the relationship between the two, including some details of what happened on the night of Bruce Lee's death.
As a mutual friend of Bruce Lee and Ding Pei, Zou Wenhuai knew the relationship between the two. On the afternoon of July 20, 1973, Zou Wenhuai, as usual, asked Bruce Lee to go to Ding Pei's home to discuss the movie "Game of Death". According to the plan, after discussing the movie, the two will also go to a dinner party.
However, soon after arriving at Ding Pei's house, Bruce Lee felt unwell and said: "It is not very comfortable, and his head hurts a little." Ding Pei didn't think much of it, so he gave Bruce Lee a piece of painkiller and let her rest in his bedroom. And Ding Pei never dreamed that Bruce Lee never woke up again after sleeping.
After Bruce Lee slept, Zou Wenhuai left first and went to the dinner alone. At 8 o'clock in the evening, I saw that Bruce Lee had not yet come, so I called Ding Pei, and Ding Pei went to the room to look at Bruce Lee, and saw that he was still sleeping, so he told Zou Wenhuai to let him rest for a while. However, at 9 o'clock, Ding Pei found that Bruce Lee still did not wake up, and he did not react at all. Ding Pei suddenly panicked and hurried to call Zou Wenhuai. When Zou Wenhuai arrived, he still did not wake Bruce Lee, so he hurriedly called Bruce Lee's personal doctor.
Bruce Lee's personal doctor was British, and strangely enough, he couldn't be contacted that night. In the end, Ding Pei could only call his personal doctor Zhu Bohuai. When Zhu Bohuai arrived, he found that Bruce Lee had long since lost his heartbeat and breathing. Ding Pei and Zou Wenhuai had to call the hospital's emergency phone. Despite the rescue, Bruce Lee eventually passed away, dying at the age of 32.
As soon as the news of Bruce Lee's death came out, it was conceivable that it shocked the whole world, and he died in the home of star Ding Pei. After all, it was not a glorious thing, which could understand why Zou Wenhuai and Ding Pei would lie at that time.
But the paper can not contain the fire after all, when everyone knows that Bruce Lee died in Ding Pei's home, all the anger is aimed at her, saying that Ding Pei killed Bruce Lee, and for a time Ding Pei became a street rat. Some people forced her to commit suicide to apologize, and others made her smoke marijuana for a year, resulting in damage to some of her brain nerves, schizophrenia and loss of memory.
But despite this, 2 years later, Ding Pei did another thing, not only did not get rid of the infamy, but even worsened, so that he once again pushed himself to the cusp of public opinion, that is, to take over the film "Bruce Lee and Me".
Ding Pei starred in the film, and wanted to use this movie to clarify himself, but he did not expect that there were many intimate shots with Bruce Lee in the film, which further confirmed everyone's speculation. Ding Pei, who wanted to wash himself white, once again fell to the bottom and became the object of verbal criticism.
Afterwards, Ding Pei said that she was in a state of unconsciousness, and was fooled by Shaw to shoot this film, which was not her intention at all.
Whether it was her intention or not seemed to everyone to be unimportant, because no one believed her anymore. However, just when Ding Pei was most depressed and confused, when everyone was avoiding it, there was a person who gave her warmth and let her see hope, and this person was Xiang Huaqiang.
At that time, Xiang Huaqiang greeted Ding Pei with warm greetings and care. Perhaps because of gratitude, in 1976, Ding Pei married Xiang Huaqiang, and after marriage, he also gave birth to a daughter Xiang Yongheng.
However, Ding Pei's marriage with Xiang Huaqiang did not last long, and later Xiang Huaqiang fell in love with his current wife, Chen Lan. Ding Pei and Xiang Huaqiang were originally formal marriages, so when they learned that Xiang Huaqiang was in love with Chen Lan, they took the initiative to propose a divorce and fulfilled them.
In 1980, Ding Pei and Xiang Huaqiang divorced. Later, Xiang Huaqiang married Chen Lan, and after the marriage, Chen Lan gave birth to two sons for Xiang Huaqiang, Xiang Zuo and Xiang You.
Now the relationship between Ding Pei and Xiang Tai Chen Lan is also praised, and the two have not become love enemies, but are as close as sisters. Xiang Huaqiang and Ding Pei divorced for decades and have been giving Ding Pei living expenses.
Although Xiang Huaqiang gave Ding Pei warmth when she needed help the most. But in Ding Pei's heart, the most memorable is still Bruce Lee. After Bruce Lee's death, everyone insulted her and reprimanded her, but she never refuted it. In the end, the official investigation results returned her innocence. It turned out that Bruce Lee's was not killed. After forensic identification, it is an allergy to a certain drug, causing cerebral edema, which eventually leads to death.
However, what is puzzling is that 20 years after Bruce Lee's death, when his son Lee Guohao was filming the movie "The Crow", the prop gun accidentally shot a real bullet, and he was shot too much blood in the abdomen and finally died, only 28 years old when he died.
Lee's death has once again made people suspicious of the cause of Bruce Lee's death, but it is only doubt. After all, so long has passed, and no one knows what the real cause of death of the father and son is.
Ding Pei once said: "Love is giving, not possessing." Although the brief relationship with Bruce Lee brought her a lifetime of pain, she did not regret it.
From the daughter of a rich man, to a well-known star, from Bruce Lee's lover to a thousand husbands, Ding Pei's life can be described as ups and downs.
Today, Ding Pei is 74 years old, and in her ancient years, she did not watch TV, read newspapers, did not listen to music, no longer listened to the rights and wrongs of her and Bruce Lee, converted to Buddhism, and returned to peace.