Lee Hoi-chuen
| Lee Hoi-chuen | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 李海泉 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 李海泉 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lǐ Hǎiquán (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Hoi2 Cyun4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Lee Moon-shuen 李滿船 |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born |
4 February 1901 Jun'an, Shunde, China |
| Died |
7 February 1965 (aged 64) St. Teresa's Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Ho (1907–1996) |
| Children |
Phoebe Lee Agnes Lee Peter Lee Bruce Lee Robert Lee |
| Ancestry | Jun'an, Shunde, China |
Lee Moon-shuen (4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and film actor. He was the father of Bruce Lee.[1]
Family
Lee Hoi-chuen was born in Jun'an, Guangdong on 4 February 1901, he moved to Hong Kong and became a Cantonese Opera actor.
Lee and his wife Grace Ho, were in San Francisco in 1940 when their second son Bruce Lee was born. The couple were traveling for a one-year US tour with the Cantonese Opera Company. They returned to Hong Kong when Bruce Lee was three months old. Their youngest son Robert Lee, was famous in Hong Kong during the 1960s as the lead singer and founder of a popular beat band, The Thunderbirds.[2][3]
Lee died in Hong Kong on 7 February 1965, three days after his 64th birthday and a week after the birth of his grandson Brandon Lee.
In popular culture
Lee Hoi-chuen was portrayed by Tony Leung Ka-fai in the 2010 film Bruce Lee, My Brother.[4]