Biography of Linda Lee Cadwell
Olivia Shea
Published Apr 12, 2026
| Date of Birth: | 1945, March 21 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 75 years |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 feet 7 inches |
| Name | linda lee cadwell |
| birth name | Linda Emery |
| nick’s name | Pretty |
| Place of birth / city | Everett, Washington, United States |
| Profession | Professor |
| Net worth | $1 million |
| subject with | bruce cadwell |
| Boyfriend | bruce cadwell |
| Married | Yes |
| Married to | Bruce Cadwell (born 1991) |
| Kids | Brandon Lee (196593), Shannon Lee (b. 1969) |
| Divorce | Bruce Lee (d. 1964; d. 1973) Tom Bleecker (d. 1988; div. 1990) |
| Education | washington university |
| Books | Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew, The Bruce Lee Story |
Linda Lee Cadwell is an American teacher and writer, best recognized as the widow of the legendary actor, martial artist, and philosopher. Bruce Lee. She has written popular books such as Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew upon which the 1993 feature film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was based. She also wrote the book called The Bruce Lee Story in 1989. She founded the Bruce Lee Foundation in 2002.
Brief biography of Bruce Lee’s wife
Linda Lee Cadwell was born Linda Emery on March 21, 1945 in Everett, Washington, United States. She is the daughter of Vivian R. (Hester) and Everett Emery and her birth sign, Aries. Her family was Baptist and of Swedish, Irish and English descent.
After his death, she moved to Los Angeles and in 1998. Cadwell married Tom Bleecker in 1988. However, their marital relationship lasted for 2 years and they divorced in 1990.
She later married stockbroker Bruce Cadwell in 1991 . The happy couple resided in Rancho Mirage, California as of 2018.
Cadwell has continued to promote Bruce Lee’s martial art Jeet Kune Do and retired in 2001. She and her daughter Shannon along with her son-in-law. Ian Keasler directs the Bruce Lee Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching Bruce Lee’s philosophy of martial arts and his writings on philosophy. Her daughter Shannon also runs the Lee family estate.
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