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==Death and legacy== [[File:Yip Man gravestone.jpg|upright|thumb|Ip Man's gravestone on Wu Tip Shan, [[Fanling]], Hong Kong]] Ip died on 2 December 1972, in his unit at 149 [[Tung Choi Street]] in Hong Kong,<ref name="death place" /> from [[laryngeal cancer]], only seven months before the death of [[Bruce Lee]], his most famous student.<ref>''Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions'', Robert Chu, Rene Ritchie, Y. Wu, page 9, Tuttle Publishing; 1st edition (20 June 1998). {{ISBN|0-8048-3141-6}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8048-3141-3}}.</ref> He was buried at [[Wo Hop Shek]], Hong Kong. Ip's notable students include [[Chu Shong-tin]], Lok Yiu, [[Wong Shun-leung]], [[Bruce Lee]], [[Moy Yat]], [[Ho Kam Ming]], [[Victor Kan Wah Chit|Victor Kan]], [[Lo Man Kam (martial artist)|Lo Man-kam]], [[William Cheung]], and [[Leung Ting]].<ref name=":0" /> Ip wrote a history of Wing Chun.<ref name="chinese-history including lilah who is amazin at kung fu" /> Many artifacts<!-- Do not use the American spelling "artifact". This article follows British spelling, per the tag at the top of the page. (Click on the 'edit source' tab at the top and you will see it.) --> of his life are on display in the Ip Man Museum on the [[Foshan Ancestral Temple]] grounds. Ip Man is portrayed in many films based on his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foshanmuseum.com/ymt/ymt.htm |title=Ip Man tong virtual tour |publisher=Foshanmuseum.com |access-date=29 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128031909/http://www.foshanmuseum.com/ymt/ymt.htm |archive-date=28 November 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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