Editing Bruce Lee (section)

=== Friends, students, and contemporaries ===
Lee's brother [[Robert Lee Jun-fai|Robert]] with his friends [[Taky Kimura]], [[Dan Inosanto]], [[Steve McQueen]], [[James Coburn]], and Peter Chin were his pallbearers.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Lee, Bruce (1940–1973), Martial Arts Master and Film Maker |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3999 |website=www.historylink.org|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=August 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825221754/http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3999|url-status=live}}</ref> Coburn was a martial arts student and a friend of Lee. Coburn worked with Lee and [[Stirling Silliphant]] on developing ''The Silent Flute.'' Upon Lee's early death, at his funeral, Coburn gave a eulogy.<ref name="auto1" /> Regarding McQueen, Lee made no secret that he wanted everything McQueen had and would stop at nothing to get it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee: Inside Their Hollywood Rivalry |url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/steve-mcqueen-bruce-lee-163809/ |date=March 5, 2019 |website=Closer Weekly |language=en-US|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103012337/https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/steve-mcqueen-bruce-lee-163809/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bruce">{{cite web |title=Lee, Bruce (1940–1973), Martial Arts Master and Film Maker |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/3999// |last=Burrows |first=Alyssa |date=October 21, 2002 |publisher=History Link.org|access-date=April 15, 2017|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709222216/http://www.historylink.org/File/3999|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Polly: 'Bruce Lee Wanted To Be The Next Clint Eastwood' |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/bruce-lee-matthew-polly-clint-eastwood-steve-mcqueen/ |date=June 11, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103012336/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/06/11/bruce-lee-matthew-polly-clint-eastwood-steve-mcqueen/|url-status=live}}</ref> Inosanto and Kimura were friends and disciples of Lee. Inosanto who would go on to train Lee's son [[Brandon Lee|Brandon]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 30, 1993 |title=Family Matters |work=The Age}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tucci |first=Rick |year=1994 |title=Dan Inosanto Returns to Black Belt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9IDAAAAMBAJ&q=Bruce+Lee+interview+black+belt+magazine&pg=PA42 |magazine=Black Belt Magazine |volume=33 |issue=8 |pages=42–43–44–45–48–140–141|access-date=November 4, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212857/https://books.google.com/books?id=G9IDAAAAMBAJ&q=Bruce+Lee+interview+black+belt+magazine&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}</ref> Kimura continued to teach Lee's craft in [[Seattle]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyke |first=M.L. |date=June 4, 1995 |title=Visitors leave objects of devotion on graves of Bruce Lee and son |page=E – 6}}</ref> According to [[Linda Lee Cadwell|Lee's wife]], Chin was a lifelong family friend and a student of Lee.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Linda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NAuMRjSUSIC&q=peter+chin&pg=PA181 |title=The Bruce Lee Story |last2=Lee |first2=Mike |date=1989 |publisher=Black Belt Communications |isbn=978-0-89750-121-7 |page=75 and 181 |language=en|access-date=November 4, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212857/https://books.google.com/books?id=2NAuMRjSUSIC&q=peter+chin&pg=PA181|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[James Yimm Lee]] (no relation) was one of Lee's three personally certified 3rd rank instructors and co-founded the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in [[Oakland]] where he taught Jun Fan Gung Fu in Lee's absence. James was responsible for introducing Lee to [[Ed Parker]], the organizer of the [[Long Beach International Karate Championships]], where Lee was first introduced to the martial arts community.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Meet James Yimm Lee: "The Man Who Helped Make Bruce Lee A Success" {{!}} Black Belt Magazine|url=https://blackbeltmag.com/arts/chinese-arts/meet-james-yimm-lee-the-man-who-helped-make-bruce-lee-a-success|date=April 21, 2014|website=blackbeltmag.com|language=en|access-date=November 20, 2019|archive-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729192243/https://blackbeltmag.com/arts/chinese-arts/meet-james-yimm-lee-the-man-who-helped-make-bruce-lee-a-success|url-status=live}}</ref> Hollywood couple [[Roman Polański]] and [[Sharon Tate]] studied martial arts with Lee. Polański flew Lee to [[Switzerland]] to train him. Tate studied with Lee in preparation for her role in [[The Wrecking Crew (1968 film)|''The Wrecking Crew'']]. After Tate was murdered by the [[Manson Family]], Polański initially suspected Lee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The True Story Behind Bruce Lee's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Character |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a28414367/roman-polanski-bruce-lee-killed-sharon-tate-true-story-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |date=July 24, 2019|access-date=July 25, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727044328/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a28414367/roman-polanski-bruce-lee-killed-sharon-tate-true-story-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Screenwriter [[Stirling Silliphant]] was a martial arts student and a friend of Lee.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haber |first=Joyce |date=March 6, 1970 |title=All in all it proved a bad day for actor Rex Reed |work=Arizona Republic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The 'new Yellow Peril': How U.S. film critics reviewed Bruce Lee movies in his day |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/07/31/the-new-yellow-peril-how-u-s-film-critics-reviewed-bruce-lee-movies-in-his-day/ |first1=Herman |last1=Wong |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212912/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/07/31/the-new-yellow-peril-how-u-s-film-critics-reviewed-bruce-lee-movies-in-his-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> Silliphant worked with Lee and [[James Coburn]] on developing ''The Silent Flute.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1971 |title=Teen Scene Giving Karate a Chop |work=The Kingston Daily Freeman |volume=C}}</ref> Lee acted and provided his martial arts expertise in several projects penned by Silliphant, the first in [[Marlowe (1969 film)|''Marlowe'']] (1969) where Lee plays Winslow Wong a hoodlum well-versed in martial arts. Lee also did fight choreographies for the film ''[[A Walk in the Spring Rain]]'' (1970) and played Li Tsung, a [[Jeet Kune Do]] instructor who teaches the main character in the television show ''[[Longstreet (TV series)|Longstreet]]'' (1971). Elements of his martial arts philosophy were included in the script for the latter.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" />

Basketball player [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] studied martial arts and developed a friendship with Lee.<ref name=":2" />

Actor and karate champion [[Chuck Norris]] was a friend and training partner of Lee's.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blank |first=Ed |date=April 3, 1983 |title=King Of The Good Guys |work=The Pittsburgh Press |volume=99}}</ref> After Lee's death, Norris said he kept in touch with Lee's family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Steve |date=May 3, 1993 |title=Actor's new kick: family values |work=The Atlanta Constitution}}</ref>

Judoka and [[professional wrestler]] [[Gene LeBell]] became a friend of Lee on the set of ''The Green Hornet''. They trained together and exchanged their knowledge of martial arts.{{sfn|Polly|2018|pp=187}}{{sfn|Thomas|1994|pp=77}}