30 June 2013 1:24 PM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »

People around the world are still coming to grips with the shocking news today of the all-too-soon passing of martial arts film star and legend Jim Kelly. As I said in my previous post, when I was informed of the news this morning, I absolutely did not believe it at first. Maybe there is some other Jim Kelly who died, I thought; but not The Jim Kelly. A true pioneer and inspiration to so many people with a genuinely magnetic presence on the screen. It's even more tragic when you consider that this coming August marks, believe it or not, the 40th anniversary of the first U.S. release of the martial arts classic, Enter the Dragon, with the magnificent Bruce Lee (who died just a »

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