Awards and honours
Bruce Lee statue in Hong KongWith his ancestral roots coming from Gwan'on in Seundak, Guangdong province of China (广东顺德均安, Guangdong Shunde Jun'An), a street in the village is named after him where his ancestral home is situated. The home is open for public access.
Bruce Lee was named TIME Magazine 's 100 Most Important People of the Century and as one of the greatest heroes & icons and among the influential martial artists of the 20th century.
The 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a fictionalized biographical film about Bruce Lee.
On July 21, 2003, to his 30th year of death, "Things Asian" published an article: Lee´s Legend remains strong 30 years after his death and in the process establish his place in martial arts as "the greatest martial artist of all time"
In 2004, UFC president Dana White credited Bruce Lee as the "father of mixed martial arts".
In September 2004, a a BBC story stated that the Bosnian city of Mostar was to honor Lee with a statue on the Spanish Square, as a symbol of solidarity. After many years of war and religious splits, Lee's figure is to commend his work: to successfully bridge culture gaps in the world. The statue, placed in the city park, was unveiled on November 26, 2005 (One day before the unveiling of the statue in Hong Kong, below).
In 2005, Lee was remembered in Hong Kong with a bronze statue to mark his sixty-fifth birthday. The bronze statue, unveiled on November 27, 2005, honored Lee as Chinese film's bright star of the century.
Lee has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category Motion Picture, at 6933 Hollywood Blvd
On November 27, 2006, it was announced that Bruce Lee will get his own theme park that will be located in his Chinese ancestral home of Shunde. It will contain a statue, memorial hall, martial arts academy, and conference center. Actress Betty Ting Pei donated a set of nunchucks that Lee once used.
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