Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, nearly 50 years after his death, may have died from drinking too much water, doctors say.
The greatest Hollywood martial arts star died in the summer of 1973, aged 32, while in Hong Kong.
An autopsy at the time showed that Bruce died of a swollen brain, and doctors blamed him for taking painkillers.
His untimely death sparked rumors that he had been killed by a Chinese gang, poisoned by his jealous lover, or a victim of a curse. There is also a theory that he died of heat stroke.
Researchers reviewed the evidence to determine that Bruce probably died of hyponatremia.
In other words, the inability of the kidneys to expel excess water killed Bruce Lee, wrote a team of experts in the Journal of Clinical Kidneys.
Hyponatremia means abnormally low levels of sodium in the blood, which is necessary for fluid balance.
An imbalance causes the cells of the body, including those in the brain, to swell.
In the study, Bruce had multiple risk factors for hyponatremia, including drinking lots of fluids, consuming cannabis that increased his thirst, and using prescription drugs and alcohol. It is stated that there were other factors that reduced
His wife Linda revealed that Bruce had been on a diet based on carrot liquid and apple juice in the days before his death.
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