Bruce Lee revealed to be a druggie
SUPPLIER: Bruce Lee and his friend Robert Baker
Bruce Lee was a secret druggie, according to bombshell letters written by the late martial arts star.
The Enter the Dragon star died in 1973 at age 32 from a brain edema.
But 48 years later, letters written to his friend and fellow actor Robert Baker before his death, reveal his dependence on drugs.
The letters reveal that Baker supplied Lee with drugs – including cocaine, LSD and dagga – from 1969 until his death.
The briewe were discovered at a flea market and are being sold through Heritage Auctions in Dallas, who have authenticated the letters.
A spokesperson for Heritage Auctions said: “Bruce Lee is the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, and these letters show he kept an explosive secret.”
There are a number of letters from Lee to Baker – who died aged 52 in 1993 – in the auction, with one showing Lee asking for coke.
He wrote: “Stoned as hell, but am working on the up-coming character...Some coke would help...”
In another, he wrote: "COKE (in large amount)”, “ACID (in fair amount)” and “HASH OR GRASS,” along with an enquiry about psilocybin, known as magic mushrooms.
Many of the letters used Lee’s personal Jeet Kune Do letterhead stationeries and in 1970, there was a reference to quitting drugs.
Referencing his wife Linda, Lee wrote: “I told Linda to call you to forget about the ‘stuff’ because I really don’t need them in my training. I feel that I have ‘gained’ in trying them, but excessive indulgence of them just isn’t in my road in Jeet Kune Do.”