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Robert Lee


Robert Lee is a Hong Kong musician and younger brother of martial artist legend Bruce Lee, the brother-in-law of Linda Lee Caldwell, and also the paternal uncle of Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee. Lee's father, Lee Hoi-chuen, a leading Cantonese opera and film actor of the 1940s was all Chinese, and his mother, Grace Ho was half Chinese and half Caucasian. Specifically, Grace Ho was purportedly a half-German Catholic.

He is also the father of Clarence Lee. Lee is the founder of a popular Hong Kong beat band called The Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds were a beat group similar to and on the same Hong Kong/Macau musical scene as Danny Diaz & The Checkmates, Zoundcrakers, Anders Nelson & The Inspiration, D'Topnotes and Teddy Robin & The Playboys. He founded the group in 1966 and quickly became famous in Hong Kong. A few singles mostly or all were sung in English. Also released was Lee singing a duet with Irene Ryder. He later moved to Los Angeles in the United States and stayed with his older brother Bruce.