According to the report, Lee's kidneys failed to eliminate water rapidly and efficiently enough
A team of experts is revisiting the reason of Bruce Lee's death 50 years later. Though Lee's official cause of death was cerebral edema, or brain swelling, this new research suggests that he may not have died from it. According to a study published in the Clinical Kidney Journal, "the kidney's inability to excrete excess water killed Bruce Lee."
Lee had a number of risk factors for hyponatraemia, which may have included high chronic fluid intake, factors that acutely increase thirst (marijuana), and factors that decrease the ability of the kidneys to excrete water by either promoting the secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or interfering with water excretion mechanisms in kidney tubules: prescription drugs (diuretics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, antiepileptic drugs), alcohol
Many theories have been proposed to explain Lee's unexplained death, including an old family curse, assassination by the Japanese mafia, and poisoning. Others attribute his death to the aspirin he took to ease a headache just before his death. However, according to Variety, the 2018 book Bruce Lee, A Life blamed heat exhaustion on the extreme heat in Hong Kong that day. Variety is maintained:
The study speculated that, despite not drinking a lot of water, his kidneys might not be able to tolerate even typical quantities of liquids. Furthermore, he was said to be living on a near-liquid diet of primarily juices.
Finally, the report blames renal failure, which can cause "hyponatremia, cerebral edema, and death within hours if excess water intake is not matched by water excretion in urine, which is consistent with Lee's demise."
Given that hyponatraemia is common, occurring in up to 40% of hospitalized patients, and can result in mortality from excessive water drinking even in young, healthy people, there is a need for greater awareness of the idea that excessive water intake can kill. The fact that we are 60% water does not shield us from the potentially fatal implications of consuming water quicker than our kidneys can eliminate it.
The irony of drinking water killing cinema's greatest fighter was not lost on the researchers, who wrote, "Ironically, Lee made famous the quote 'Be water my friend,' but excess water appears to have ultimately killed him."
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