Internationally popular star with a string of martial arts action films. Lee’s career, cut short by his sudden and mysterious death at the age of 32, has rendered him a worldwide cult hero. In late November of 2005, Bosnia's southern town of Mostar unveiled the world's first statue of Lee, paying homage to a childhood hero of all its divided ethnic groups. Fantastic lot of three items includes a letter, 7.25 x 10.5, undated, but likely 1958, on American President Lines stationery to Pearl Tso. It reads, in part: “I miss you very much. In our room there are ten people…at night I can’t sleep I take out all the photos…and look at it over and over again. …to-day I feel sea-sick. The ship is dancing a slow rock and roll and as I like cha cha I don’t like it at all! Better close here and may God bless you. I love you.” Also included, the mailing envelope for the above letter, hand-addressed to Pearl Tso in Kowloon, Hong Kong, with Lee signing his name and San Francisco address on the return address portion on the reverse. The third item is a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard of the SS President Wilson. Lee has written on the correspondence side “Dearest Pearl, I miss you very much! Love Bruce.” In fine condition, with a bit of toning to a portion off the letter affecting only one word of the text. Pearl Tso and the entire Tso family were close friends of Bruce Lee's family when he lived in Hong Kong during the 1950s, and they remained friends until his death. Lee was born in San Francisco, moved to Hong Kong as a child, and returned to San Francisco in 1958 after he became the Hong Kong cha cha champion. In April of that year, his father gave him one hundred dollars and sent him to San Francisco in the hopes that Bruce would become more responsible. He boarded a boat and made a little more money on the way there giving Cha Cha lessons to his fellow passengers. PSA/DNA COA and R&R COA.
