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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Kelly_(martial_artist)Jim Kelly (martial artist) - Wikipedia

    James Milton Kelly (May 5, 1946 – June 29, 2013) was an American athlete, martial artist, and actor. After winning several karate championships, Kelly rose to fame in the early 1970s appearing in various action films within the martial arts and blaxploitation genres. Kelly played opposite Bruce Lee in 1973's Enter the Dragon, and had lead ...

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  3. www.thefamouspeople.com › profiles › jim-kelly-12326Jim Kelly Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life ...

    In the 1970s, Kelly started his career as a martial arts trainer. In 1971, Kelly won several world karate championships. The most notable of these was the ‘World Middleweight Karate’ title at the ‘Long Beach International Karate Championships.’ Kelly was a tennis player, too. In 1970, he played amateur tennis at ‘Plummer Park.’

  4. face2faceafrica.com › article › remembering-jimRemembering Jim Kelly, first black martial arts film star who ...

    May 15, 2020 · Two years after his 1971 wins on the karate circuit, producers of the Enter the Dragon film came calling. Kelly played the arrogant, insouciant Williams, who competed alongside Bruce Lee in a ...

  5. www.rogerebert.com › features › his-own-man-jimHis own man: Jim Kelly, 1946-2013 | Features | Roger Ebert

    His own man: Jim Kelly, 1946-2013. Michael A. Gonzales July 02, 2013. Tweet. With his perfectly styled Afro, cool bop walk and smart-aleck mouth, martial artist and actor Jim Kelly, who died from cancer on Saturday at the age of 67, was a seventies screen sensation who became an icon. Emerging during the era when Black action heroes Sweetback ...

  6. www.nytimes.com › 2013/07/02 › artsJim Kelly, Star of Martial Arts Movies, Dies at 67 - The New ...

    Jul 2, 2013 · July 1, 2013. Jim Kelly, who added an Afro, street swagger and a few memorable one-liners to martial arts movies in the 1970s, most notably in a prominent role alongside Bruce Lee in “Enter the ...

  7. www.cnn.com › 2013/07/01 › showbiz‘Enter the Dragon’ actor Jim Kelly dies | CNN

    Jul 1, 2013 · Link Copied! in 1977's "Black Samurai," Kelly starred as Robert Sand, a tennis playing secret agent. Jim Kelly, seen here in his best known film "Enter the Dragon," died of cancer June 29 at the ...

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    Jim Kelly (1946-2013) Jim Kelly. With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s. After appearing in a minor film role, Kelly's second screen effort was as one of the invited guests to the deadly Han's Island in Enter ...