Graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee

Graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee

Bruce and Brandon Lee are buried at Seattle's Lakeview Cemetery, in the U.S. state of Washington. The gravesite is a tourist attraction visited by thousands of people a year.[1][2] It is considered one of Seattle's most famous gravesites,[3][4] was listed as one of the top 10 celebrity graves in the world by Time,[5][6] and is found in several Seattle travel guidebooks.[7][8][9] It was reported in 2013, forty years after his death, that on Bruce Lee's birthday, flowers were piled as high as the headstones.[1] It was reported that Lake View Cemetery did not allow Kurt Cobain to be buried there because of the already-large numbers of visitors to the Lees' graves.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Terry Richard (December 10, 2013), "Seattle graves of Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee draw visitors still feeling the loss", The Oregonian, Portland
  2. ↑ Davis et al. 2008, p. 206.
  3. ↑ Shannon 2008, p. 119.
  4. ↑ Rhoads 2017.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Celebrity Grave Sites: #2, Bruce Lee", Time
  6. ↑ Jim Caple (May 26, 2016), Grave Matters: These four sporting legends have been gone for years, but they still get visitors. We explore the gravesites – and the stories behind them – of Babe Ruth, Bruce Lee, Bo Schembechler and Babe Didrikson Zaharias, ESPN
  7. ↑ Williams 2017.
  8. ↑ Kidder & Onstott 2004, p. 21.
  9. ↑ Sainsbury & Brash 2017.
  10. ↑ Tan Vinh (October 29, 2009), "On Day of the Dead, visit local grave sites of the famous and infamous", The Seattle Times

Sources

  • Davis, J.; Eufrasio, A.; Moran, M.; Sceurman, M. (2008). Weird Washington: Your Travel Guide to Washington's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Weird Series. Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-4027-4545-4.
  • Shannon, R. (2008). Cemeteries of Seattle. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-4396-4230-6.
  • Rhoads, L. (2017). "Lake View Cemetery". 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die. Running Press. ISBN 978-0-316-47379-8. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  • Williams, A. (2017). Moon Seattle. Travel Guide. Moon Publications/Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63121-328-1.
  • Kidder, Laura M.; Onstott, Laura (2004). Fodor's Seattle. Fodor's Gold Guides. Fodor's. ISBN 978-1-4000-1330-2.
  • Sainsbury, Brendan; Brash, Celeste (2017). "Capitol Hill & First Hill". Lonely Planet Seattle. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-78701-027-7.

Coordinates: 47°38′02″N 122°18′57″W / 47.63375°N 122.31580°W / 47.63375; -122.31580

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