Table 1.

Theories about the cause of Bruce Lee's death.

Theories	For	Against
Hypersensitivity to Equagesic	Official cause of death	Not first time of consumption
		No typical salicylate overdose signs/symptoms
		Toxicology report (?)
Assassinated by Mafia (Italian, Chinese, or American)	2 weeks before death, Lee threatened Lo Wei, who was reported to have mobster connections	No evidence of physical injury or poison in autopsy
Family curse	Lee's son, Brandon Lee, died at the age of 28 years: he was shot in a film set when a prop gun fired a live bullet
	Bruce Lee's older brother died at the age of 3 months under mysterious circumstances
Cannabis	Necropsy found marijuana in stomach	Oral ingestion is not likely to lead to acute intoxication
Heatstroke	20 July 1973 was reported to be a very warm day	20 July 1973 not warmer than average for summer in Hong Kong Sudden death is unusual No evidence of multiorgan dysfunction in necropsy
	Axillary gland removal 3 months before deatha	Axillary gland removal not enough to derange thermoregulation. Lee was studied months earlier because of profuse sweating
	Hypothetical prior episode	No evidence of previous episodes
		Profuse sweating in 10 May event
Cocaine use	Lee requested cocaine in writing to Bob Baker	No evidence of cardiovascular comorbidity
		No positive toxicology report announced
Epilepsy	Seizure on 10 May 1973 in the course of prior episode diagnosed as cerebral oedema	No chronic epilepsy No tongue bitemarks On treatment with antiepileptic drugs

^aAccording to Polly [3].