Hollywood star Chuck Norris is dead
Popular Hollywood actor and martial artist, Carlos ‘Chuck Norris’ Ray, is dead.
Chuck Norris, who was recently hospitalised, died on Thursday in Hawaii at 86.
“It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the actor’s family posted on his official website on Friday.
However, the family said they “would like to keep the circumstances surrounding his death private.”
Before his acting career, Chuck Norris served in the United States Air Force as an air policeman (AP) in 1958. He was posted to serve in Osan Air Base, South Korea.
Famed for his films “The Delta Force” and “Missing in Action,” Chuck Norris won a series of karate championships in the 1960s. He entered the limelight, featuring in Bruce Lee’s 1972 hit “The Way of the Dragon.”
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