Officials in Hong Kong have announced a design competition to turn Bruce Lee’s home into a museum, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Hong Kong currently has no monuments commemorating Lee, and his former home is now a “love hotel” that charges couples $30 for three hours of romantic private time.
The Game of Death](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-game-of-death/1013225/main) star was just 32 when he unexpectedly died in 1973 after suffering seizures and cerebral edema while working on Enter the Dragon](Enter the Dragon (1973) - Movie | Moviefone). Lee’s producer, Raymond Chow, said after the autopsy that Lee had died from a sensitivity to the muscle relaxant in a painkiller he had taken for a headache.
Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee, will serve as a judge on a panel with architects and town planners to choose a winning design for the museum, with $13,000 in prize money going to the winner. The government has also commissioned a documentary about the building of the museum, and a biopic about the star. Hong Kong officials are also collecting personal items and memorabilia for the future memorial.Continue reading HK Designers Compete to Create Bruce Lee Museum