Alias: Bruce Lee | Mossback's Northwest

Seattle is inextricably tied to the career of artist and Kung Fu icon Bruce Lee. The graves of Lee and his son Brandon at Lake View Cemetery on Seattle’s Capitol Hill are a pilgrimage site for fans. But what brought the young Lee to Seattle in the first place? A connection with a local family, the Chows, was the link. They agreed to take the young high school student from Hong Kong under their wing as a member of the family. He worked as a live-in waiter and busboy in a legendary restaurant run by the family’s matriarch, Ruby Chow. The Chows were well-connected in Seattle and players in Seattle politics and helped Lee get an education and find his path to stardom ** Watch more episodes of Mossback's Northwest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL18y1vgsGPLb3VLSg4y7E-PKU_A1uMu23 ** Donate to Cascade PBS: https://secure.cascadepublicmedia.org/page/176149/donate/1 ** Listen to the Mossback podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL18y1vgsGPLZKaystzJzeKwpZa2un63im Follow Cascade PBS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cascadepbs/ ** Watch more from Cascade PBS: https://video.cascadepbs.org/ ** Follow Cascade PBS online: https://www.facebook.com/cascadepbs/ https://www.instagram.com/cascadepbs/ https://www.tiktok.com/@cascade_pbs https://www.threads.net/@cascadepbs #history #seattle #pacificnorthwest #pnw