Brandon death

Brandon's death is the one thing that we all do not want to think of, It was a death that should have been avoided, I personally do not think about Brandon's death, but his life, but i shall go on about the tragic event that stole Brandon Lee from life...

  The night of Tuesday 30th March 1993, day 50 of The Crow shootings, started later than planned on stage 4 at the corolco lot. Reputedly the cast and crew had come to work having a mere 8 hours break from the previous day's exertions.
Proceedings should have started to roll at 7.45pm, but it was 9.30 before the first of the night's nine short sequences were ready to shoot. The scene was a flashback, the one where Eric Draven is murdered and his fiance, Shelly raped and beaten. Brandon, who wasn't needed at first, was called on to the soundstage at a little past midnight dressed in his character's customary attire of black boots, black leather jacket, tight jeans and a t-shirt with the name of Draven's band across its front 'Hangman's Joke'.

Draven would enter the flat as the thugs T-Bird and Funboy were in the process of assaulting Shelly. (Brandon had suggested to Alex Proyas that he don Walkman Headphones to give the scene some credibility-otherwise Draven would have heard his fiancee's screams.) Carrying a bag of shopping, Eric opened the door, only for Funboy to pull a pistol and, in the confusion, shoot Eric.

In reality this was a fairly simple scene to film in which an explosive device, known as a squib was hidden inside the grocery bag and then detonated to simulate the bullet from Funboy's gun hitting Eric. The actors ran through a rehearsal, then the crew were ready to shoot it properly. Unlike the rest of the crew, Brandon had enjoyed a good night's sleep, unknown to him, it was to be his last.

The scene was played out with the cameras filming now, Brandon walking into the room surprising the thugs assaulting Shelly, Funboy pulls out the gun to Eric all crazy eyed, aiming the pistol and firing off a round. A deafening band echoed around the set as Brandon supposedly detonated the squib hidden in the grocery bag and then on cue, doubling over staggering and finally tumbling to the ground.

It took a little time for the cast & crew to notice that Brandon was actually wounded, as you know Brandon was always playing practical jokes, but unfortunately this was no joke, Brandon had being shot, It was very hard for all the present people there at the time to really understand what was going on. All was clear when the wound was noticed, There was a hole in Brandon's right side of his abdomen an inch below his belly button. There was no blood though, Brandon was rushed into the ambulance, he was not concious since the accident, Brandon's heart had stopped in the ambulance, the doctors did bring him back and operated on him for hours, but there was so much blood loss, there was little improvement in Brandon's condition, The bullet which was not even supposed to be there, had lodged against Brandon's spine, had severed one major artery and caused damage to several major organs. The doctors tried their best to stabilize Brandon, but the 44 calibre bullet had done too much damage to save him.
Brandon's death was a unavoidable tradgedy that should have not happened, if proper steps had being taken and more safety on set it would not have happened. Brandon died at approximately 1.00 pm on March 31st.

you have gone, My angel but you will NEVER be forgotten...
we love you Brandon Lee...