LOS ANGELES - 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. “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. Big-screen iconIt was a spell at an airbase in South Korea while serving as a young man in the US Air Force that gave Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris the martial arts bug. (Story continues below)Actor Chuck Norris holds up a T-shirt presented during a meet-the-troops stop at Ali Al Saleem Air Base in Kuwait on Oct 29, 2006. The show ran for eight seasons and spawned countless action-man jokes and memes, one being that Chuck Norris and Superman had a fight, with the loser (Superman) forced to wear their underpants on the outside.

Source: Bangkok Post March 20, 2026 16:51 UTC