How to Get to Bruce Lee's Grave Site at Lake View Cemetery + Visit to Volunteer Park in Seattle

Martial Arts legend, philosopher and movie start Bruce Lee and his son Brandon Lee were buried at Lake View Cemetery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, WA. While it's not difficult to find out this piece of information, finding out where their actual grave site is located within the cemetery can prove to be challenging. In this video, I show you how you can get to their grave site from the entrance of the cemetery.
One you arrive to Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee's grave site, for those of you who have visited in the past, you will notice that it has been renovated. Check out how it now looks in 2021.
Before taking you to Lake View Cemetery, I stop by Volunteer Park located next door and give you a walking tour. I point out the main amenities at this centrally located including the water reservoir, water tower, Seattle Asian Art Museum and Conservatory. Volunteer Park is a great place to walk or relax, and if you're going to visit Bruce Lee and his son it's a ideal park for stopping by.
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME…
My name is Dennis aka Lao Ocean (also aka Dr. Wtpho, but more about that later) and I'm a Lao American KZbinr based in Seattle, WA (since 1980). My videos and vlogs consist of Seattle and Pacific Northwest content, food and product reviews, and travel. I drink way too much coffee and eat pho 20PHO7!

[@vincentpasceri8981]

Bruce was EVERYTHING to me when I was growing up. I still miss him and think of him often !!!

[@mariavnakahata8062]

I've been visiting Seattle for the last few days and promised myself to visit the gravesite before I left. I finally made it there today. Thanks so much for this video. I watched it before I went and it REALLY helped to find it so fast! My cab driver was able to take me right there with the directions. RIP Bruce and Brandon Lee. 🙏🙏🙏

[@LaoOcean]

Glad you were able to visit Bruce and Brandon!

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Bruce Lee ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@shaynewheeler9249]

RIP 😢😭😭😢😭😢😢😢😢

[@josephspringfield7221]

Visited Seattle for the first time last week and went to the cemetery to pay my respects. There was one other guy there and he was leaving as I arrived. It was definitely a calming and peaceful experience.

[@eddyhung7497]

Such a great video... Nice job and superb bright sunny day.. Watching this video feels like I'm right there with you

[@daisyrosario3438]

Such a calm and peaceful park for relaxing and releasing stress... Thanks Dennis!

[@LaoOcean]

😊

[@LorDFatZWarrior20]

I've never been to Seattle but I would love to come and visit to see his grave and his statue 🗽.

[@katjabrutus]

Thanks for the great video. I would love to see another video of the park!

[@LAOTHAIASEANINFINANCETRAVEL]

I drove up to the cemetery and parked close to the gravesite, didn’t know this part of the cemetery existed, thanks for the walkthrough and video!

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching!

[@jakepapadopoulos8654]

I live in Toronto, Canada and I read a rare letter that Bruce wrote once mentioning that he had plans to come there to possibly stay a bit and teach his art but that never came to be. :(

[@Amjad01473]

Wow first time i see those new things around their graves. RIP legends

[@YusukeKnight]

RIP to both of them

[@melodyfranklin2287]

Thank you so much for your kindness in sharing this special video. Because Brandon Lee and Bruce Lee was very very much special..i listen to that song if i close my eyes forever: 💗 every night it has that song but the crow movie parts.. i ❤ Brandon Lee and Bruce forever... Your so kind for doing this❤ your amazing as ❤️‍🩹 well.. love Melody aka the lostgirl

[@TVSCDN]

Wonderful greens n blue skies of Seattle

[@jwfloating-world]

Great video Dennis. When I first visited the graves, I was told to look for the white heart nearby. Now all you say is look for the only graves surrounded by black railings. The grey wall also stops you from reading “The key to immortality is a life worth remembering.” Which is inscribed on the other side of the bench. Sorry but I feel it is to enclosed.But it still is wonderful place to visit.

[@LaoOcean]

I agree that the black railings don’t provide for good flow or energy. Always good to see Bruce and his son however.

[@Imightberiding]

I really appreciate your videos. What a beautiful spring day in Seattle. I moved there in the late 1980's & stayed until just before the turn of the millennium 1999. I have very fond memories of Volunteer Park. When I first moved to Seattle, SAM was still housed in that fabulous art deco building prior to the construction of the museum downtown on 1st with the Hammering Man & the original building being designated as the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Lovely tour. Thank you. Your commentary is always easy to listen to as well. Watching your videos & tours always gives me a sense of nostalgia & feely memories of a beautiful city & the years I lived there. It was a special time in the late 80's through the 90's. The era of Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, Sleepless In Seattle & of course the ubiquitous Grunge scene at the time. I was even an extra in that very Seattle movie "Singles". If you haven't seen it, you should check it out; lots of fun & a fairly decent representation of the times. Cheers from Canada.

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I watched all those movies you mentioned and will watch Singles again. Great nostalgia with all those movies!

[@AmericanOutbackAmazing]

Nice, I didn't know he was buried there!

[@rhammond1963]

In case for those who don't know, co-star of enter the dragon john saxson is also buried in the same cemetery as Bruce and Brandon Lee in fact,John saxson is 25feet away from Bruce and Brandon Lee.

[@ms.c3]

It would had been nice if you read us the epitaph on Brandon’s site. Thank you so much for taking us with you. ☺️

[@LaoOcean]

I shall return. 😊

[@K1ngR3x]

I kinda like the old site where it was covered with a brush on the side and a single bench.

[@freddiereagan6705]

Me too

[@akhandbharat1621]

Bruce lee was great

[@gs8512]

i loved and trained kung fu from 6 years ! BECAUSE OF YOU LEGEND ♥️👊👊

[@LaoOcean]

👊

[@jdaywork2693]

Thanks for sharing! Who does the new plot there belong to?

[@laperousse2138]

That’s so nice With what are you filming ?? The picture is so nice

[@LaoOcean]

Used Osmo Pocket

[@vincentpasceri8981]

Great video !!!

[@TyhlerNovac]

Great Presentation Off An Icon... Who Plays Bruce Lee

[@hasanabdi3536]

Did they move the graves??

[@peterdorn5799]

volunteer park is a gem, lucky that it was my neighborhood, check out the asian museum, it was the original seattle art museum before downton

[@LaoOcean]

Gem indeed. Will check out once the museum reopens.

[@pattas2005]

What an absolute honour it must be to visit and pay respect to Bruce & Brandon. I haven't been yet but it is definitely something I want to do at some point in my life. Thank you for sharing this! Also... I'm not sure if you meant to write this in your description, but you have written "One you arrive to Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee's grave shit". I'm assuming you meant 'site', but I just thought i'd let you know in case it was a mistake!! 😊

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for pointing out the mistake, I’ll fix it!

[@pattas2005]

@@LaoOcean No problem! I never point stuff out usually but I just knew you wouldn't have meant that! Have a great Christmas Lao! 🎅🎄

[@LaoOcean]

@@pattas2005 Yeah I feel bad that word existed in the description for so long lol… so inappropriate for Bruce and his son. Thanks again and Happy Holidays!

[@pattas2005]

@@LaoOcean If you want to you can delete my comment and these replies, and I can just repost it without the typo note? I don't mind. That way it'll be like it never happened!!

[@LaoOcean]

@@pattas2005 I like the comment being there, keeps it real! 🍻

[@NBKRebelGamer87]

The graves don't look big enough for coffins, were they cremated?

[@jakepapadopoulos8654]

This is very sad to see. They were both so young and it gives me flash backs of when my own mom passed away little over a year ago, and I get sad from my memories of her. Who knows maybe Bruce, Brandon and my mom are all together in heaven and are very happy, but I do so hate cemeteries.

[@samanthataylor3372]

Cool video!

[@RAMSEYM2402]

What has happened to P.J Malone's headstone, that was at the side of Bruce's? I don't see it on the video.

[@LaoOcean]

Not sure what happened… I didn’t see it either

[@RAMSEYM2402]

@@LaoOcean Found it on another video. Thought I was going blind lol

[@LaoOcean]

@@RAMSEYM2402 Thanks for this update. I’ll have to look when I go.

[@DLIX2DCLI]

@@RAMSEYM2402 You're not going blind. I did not see it in this video either. But it was there when I visited this week. I'm guessing the cemetery management had to put it back in place for legal reasons.

[@johncena04101]

Was there on friday!

[@5bellaful]

was there 2 summers ago did not have fencing

[@MaresaEngo]

One of the twists and turns of my life is that this year I've become a huge fan of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee!

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

They put the walkway to keep visitors to Bruce and Brandon from stepping over other graves. Also all the dirt and grass were alway getting messed up from so many visitors so they just make concrete cement. But black railing so boring and cold and industrial. Should be red and gold Chinese New Year lucky colors and have dragons surrounding the walkway and leading to the memorial headstones.

[@richardsimek4587]

So do they need family permission to move or change the Graves ?! 👍

[@frankshung8661]

First thing I go to Seattle is to visit lake veiwe cemetery where brice lee

[@maryduarte3248]

Hi my son is a big fan of bruce lee and he wants to be his own bruce lee he never been to bruce lee and Brandon lee grave before but he always wanted to pay my respect to our favorite people of all time but its kinda to far away from olla Washington in the sticks for now me and my son are going to be moving some time this spring

[@misterp9896]

🙏🏼 The Dragon and The Crow 🙏🏼

[@GTPhan]

Upon watching your clip, I plan to go up there visiting my childhood idol. Does this cemetery have only one gate to go since I follow your clip for direction? I see the nearby driveway is wide enough for two-car passing/parking and don't think it's one way driveway. Maybe I should go on the weekdays rather the weekend for fewer people visit. Thanks for the clip

[@LaoOcean]

Weekday is best to visit and I think there’s just one entrance.

[@ajearamazani9058]

is that a new floor

[@samm437]

How far in walking is it from cemetry to asian museum

[@LaoOcean]

A few miles, might take you an hour

[@mindphaser23]

Wait, what happened to P.J. Malone’s headstone??? It was right next to Bruce’s before this latest remodeling of Bruce and Brandon’s gravesites.

[@LaoOcean]

I’m not sure what happened to the headstone.

[@lilyroberts6241]

@@LaoOcean Will you be able to find out? Poor P.J. Malone!!!

[@DLIX2DCLI]

@@lilyroberts6241 Just in case you haven't gotten an answer as to where PJ Malone's headstone is, I visited this week and it is still in the same place to the left of Bruce. I did not see any physical change when comparing the photo I took and a photo I saw online before the railing was built. PJ Malone is still there.

[@DLIX2DCLI]

@@lilyroberts6241 Ok I made the comment above before he made it to Bruce's grave site in this video. I did not see the headstone of PJ Malone to the left of Bruce in this video either :/ I'm guessing the workers wrongly removed it and had to put it back in place because it was in the same place when I visit it.

[@lilyroberts6241]

Where's the guy's gravestone that is buried to the left of Bruce Lee?

[@aljamainthe-champion-goats9701]

Do you have to make an appointment, or can only visit on certain days? And I’m sure it’s probably best to go early in the morning otherwise there will be too many people waiting to see him.

[@LaoOcean]

No appointment necessary. Mornings would be best and weekends can get busy.

[@aljamainthe-champion-goats9701]

@@LaoOcean Thank you. I went and I found it easy because of this video. It was a very pleasant and heart warming experience. 🙏

[@phildefer6593]

Merci pour votre vidéo, je suis Français et je ne pourrai jamais aller sur leur tombe. Je l'ai pu grâce à vous.

[@z98133]

How can the water tower be 500'? The Space Needle is 605'. Do you know what happened to the little tiny white grave to the left of Bruce Lee's grave? It was trampled over the years.

[@LaoOcean]

I think I meant 50 ft. Not sure what happened to that grave.

[@freddiereagan6705]

Hi

[@ms.c3]

I’ve had this issue when I visit a cemetery. People have no respect when it comes to blocking roadway at cemeteries. They think they are the only ones who visits gravesites.

[@LaoOcean]

I’ve seen this happen.

[@benlee7864]

Wow. I've been there several times in my life. I'm not a fan of the walkway and railing.

[@Jiren0420]

I think is great, they just missing the statues (Bruce and Brandon)

[@richardsimek4587]

Yeah I am no fan either. 👍

[@gregorypower9385]

It's so sad that he died so young 🌱I think how big he would actually be if you still alive was him or his son sometimes it ain't in the car just to be living long will knows I don't know I'm not God rest easy Bruce and Brandon 💔🕊️🙏😭😞

[@yuriyshtefan3979]

..Благодарю тебя 🌠

[@paulkeir748]

I preferred it the way it was.anyone have any ideas as to why these railings ect were put up?

[@LaoOcean]

No idea why they were out up but I liked the way it way before. Feels trapped. Bruce prolly feels trapped.

[@cuteboysss]

Because there were people that came and kicked down their headstone. It happened a few times already.

[@orhanyalcn1466]

15:39

[@rickzombie1]

The very best ever rip

[@LaoOcean]

What is your favorite Bruce Lee movie?

[@moses9811]

The 1 with him whooping Chuck Norris

[@LaoOcean]

@@moses9811 Cla$$ic. One of my faves.

[@gaybear5328]

Rails are new... I remember when it was just a random plot and you had to know were it was

[@LaoOcean]

Yep

[@Gortrules]

I paid my respects to mr lee in 1986 when there was no one around❤

[@chanakyabharadwaj9235]

Back then even Brandon was alive, right?

[@Gortrules]

@@chanakyabharadwaj9235 yep.no barriers also.

[@chanakyabharadwaj9235]

@@Gortrules How old are you sir?, May I ask?

[@Gortrules]

@@chanakyabharadwaj9235 61

[@naymulahasanparvaz6246]

❤❤🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@richardsimek4587]

Why they changed the gravesite !? It is now more elevated with concrete or do I guess. Do they have permission of family or next of kin ? 🎭

[@basinaveerabhaskar7663]

Dear Bruce Lee , My wife is pregnant, Please bless my wife for strong baby boy...

[@deanbrandt2748]

The update of the graves look shit. Railing and concrete. They should have left it as it was. R.I.P. Bruce and Brandon. 🙏

[@lilyroberts6241]

@@flairnatureboywoo I agree that the cemetery shouldn't remove any dead person's headstone and let them be forgotten!! What if it was your family member and they did that? Poor P.J. Malone!!!

[@arcticthundergamer113]

Fun Fact : Xi Feng 細鳳 pronounced ssee fung in Mandarin, literally meaning “little phoenix.”

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for this!

[@sherrykeeney7376]

I was there in 98 l hate what they've done to the place it looks terrible - you came in the back way - I don't know what's with all the yellow tape every whare & l seen another video that looked like alot of temporary fencing had been put up all around & even a cement foundation over they're grave sites WTF??! l was worried with all the craziness in Seattle & Portland areas going on that there may have been attempts of vandalizing- l guess thats what all that mess is about - across the street from the front of the cemetery is a house where Courtney love & Kurt cabin lived that's where he shot his self - IM SO GLAD I WENT WHEN I DID IT WAS BEAUTIFUL NOW IT LOOKS TERRIBLE = ILL JUST STAY HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA DONT LOOK LIKE ITS WORTH THE TRIP ANYMORE :,-( = BTW ITS SIMPLE 2 FIND!!! GO IN ""FRONT GATE BY SIGN""" & WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE!!! U RUN RIGHT INTO IT = old Chinese belief ghosts can't go in a straight line

[@lyvlogmientay2768]

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[@dezza8787]

i got this feeling that the graves are just memorials they wouldnt bury them here due to the fact hardcore fans would dig them up look at kobe bryant his gravesite in not were there promoting but near it in a unmarked grave

[@didimalika4376]

Bruce lee next visit grave actor john saxon she best friends site lakeview cemetery Seattle star movie enter of the dragon

[@attra91]

What a shame! I wonder what happened to J Malone in the grave on the left of Bruce? Al I recall was he was an immigrant from Ireland and passed late 1800s. Someone with money must have wonted his spot!

[@filizcetin4657]

Burusli ye selam

[@lorrainebrum3825]

Horrendous railings, where’s the bushes and the privacy gone , was beautiful before but now looks so tacky, they deserve the best and this isn’t it !

[@LaoOcean]

I agree.

[@arcticthundergamer113]

李振藩

[@ryananthony2614]

Sad

[@martysmith5260]

I went to see Bruce Lee's grave over a year ago. This is not what I saw. They took out all the landscaping and put this ugly metal structure around it! This looks HORRIBLE!!

[@pattyfigueroa5609]

Solo quería ver

[@SKSelbstverteidigung]

Nice Places, Great Comment! CHECK OUT: Fight Motions of Bruce Lee Movies by Kurt Scherl

[@SKSelbstverteidigung]

Thanks for the heart! I appreciate it!

[@basinaveerabhaskar7663]

Dear Bruce Lee , My wife is pregnant, Please bless my wife for strong baby boy...