Bruce Lee's death may finally be explained!

Scientists in Spain came up with a new idea about Bruce Lee's death. Nephrologists said the iconic actor may have died from drinking too much water. Lee was found dead in his bed on July 20, 1973, at the age of 32. An autopsy showed that Lee's brain had swelled a lot. This was thought to be due to taking a pain reliever called Equagesic before he died.

Bruce Lee's death may finally be explained!

The authors of the study, published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Clinical Kidney Journal, argued that the cause of death may be the inability of the martial artist's kidneys to process excess water. In the study, signed by kidney disease experts such as Priscila Villalvazo, Raul Fernandez-Prado and Maria Dolores Sánchez Niño, it was written that the cause of brain edema may be a decrease in the sodium concentration in the blood (hyponatremia).

In their paper, the scientists reviewed the known facts about Lee's death. The famous actor suffered from headaches and dizziness after drinking water with cannabis before he died. After taking Equagesic, Lee was found immobile two hours later. The study's authors note that Lee used the drug after suffering from headaches and dizziness. According to experts, this suggests that the brain began to swell before the pill.

Nephrologists also argued that if sensitivity to Equagesic was the cause of death, cerebral edema should not be the only finding at autopsy. Hyponatremia occurs when fluid intake exceeds the kidneys' capacity to filter water from the blood, and usually occurs when a person drinks too much fluid in a short period of time. While there is no evidence that Lee did this, nephrologists said the actor had multiple risk factors for hyponatremia. Scientists recalled the statements of Lee's wife and doctors. According to the statements, the actor stopped consuming solid foods and lived only on carrots and apple juice.