Chuck Norris, the US martial artist and Hollywood action star most famous for his role in “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died, his family said on Friday.
He was 86.
“It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the family said in a statement on Instagram.
“To the world, he was a martial artist, actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, an incredible brother, and the heart of our family.”
Norris turned 86 last week, marking the event with a video of him boxing on social media and saying “I don’t age. I level up.”
The martial arts expert turned actor has starred in a slew of action films since his acting debut with a cameo in a 1968 Dean Martin film “The Wrecking Crew.”
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Four years later, his epic fight with the kung-fu superstar Bruce Lee in “The Way of The Dragon” helped turn Norris into an icon on big and small screen alike.
“Nothing like some playful action on a sunny day to make you feel young,” Norris said in his birthday message last week.
Top 15 Chuck Norris Jokes
- Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
- Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris.
- If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.
- Chuck Norris breathes air … five times a day.
- In the Beginning there was nothing … then Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked nothing and told it to get a job.
- When God said, “Let there be light!” Chuck Norris said, “Say Please.”
- Chuck Norris has a mug of nails instead of coffee in the morning.
- If Chuck Norris were to travel to an alternate dimension in which there was another Chuck Norris and they both fought, they would both win.
- The dinosaurs looked at Chuck Norris the wrong way once. You know what happened to them.
- Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
- Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light
- If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, ‘Two seconds till.’ After you ask, ‘Two seconds to what?’ he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
- Chuck Norris appeared in the ‘Street Fighter II’ video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this “glitch,” Chuck Norris replied, “That’s no glitch.”
- Since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased 13 000 percent.
- Chuck Norris does not own a stove, oven or microwave, because revenge is a dish best served cold.