Chuck Norris was more than a legendary martial artist and actor — he was also an internet icon. The “Walker, Texas Ranger” star, who died suddenly on Thursday at age 86 following a medical emergency, ...

Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and ...

Chuck Norris attends the premiere for “The Expendables 2” in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. When Chuck Norris made his official film debut in 1972's "The Way of the Dragon," a Hong Kong comedy film ...

Norris, best known as the butt-kicking star of action films, became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme. By Sopan Deb Chuck Norris once gave a horse an uppercut and now we have ...

He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like “The Delta Force” and “Missing in Action” and in the long-running TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Chuck Norris in 1995 as Cordell ...

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Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris, the martial-arts master turned action icon who died Wednesday in Hawaii, had strong ties to the South Bay, launching his show-business career on the wave of martial arts ...