[Obituary] Actor and karate champion Chuck Norris has passed away.
Legendary action star and actor Chuck Norris (real name: Carlos Ray Norris), known for numerous jokes about his strength, has passed away at the age of 86.
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Norris was born on March 10, 1940, in Ryan, a small town in southern Oklahoma. According to Norris's own recollections, he was shy as a child and was not good at sports or academics.
After graduating from high school in 1958, he joined the U.S. Air Force as an Air Force police officer and was given the nickname 'Chuck,' which he would later use as his stage name.
After being assigned to Osan Air Base in South Korea, he returned to the United States and was discharged in August 1962. From then on, he ran a karate dojo and participated in tournaments, winning numerous karate titles before retiring from competitive karate in 1969. During this time, he also provided martial arts instruction to actors and developed a close friendship with Bruce Lee, who starred in the superhero drama 'The Green Hornet,' through training together.
He made his acting debut in 1968 with a minor role in the spy comedy film 'The Silencers.'
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In the 1972 action film 'The Way of the Dragon,' he gained attention for his role as Bruce Lee's nemesis, a karateka.
His first leading role was in the 1977 film 'Breaker! Breaker!'. Although he had received several leading role offers before, Norris chose this film because the story unfolded in a way that brought him to a climax with action.
'Good Guys Wear Black,' released in 1978, was a project that Norris put a lot of effort into, but it was rejected by distribution companies, so he distributed it himself. However, it became a huge hit, grossing 18 times its production cost, and Norris established himself as an action star.
His next film, 'A Force of One,' was also a hit through independent distribution, and from 'Octagon,' released in 1980, he gained a distribution company and was flooded with offers. He starred in hit films such as 'Hell's Commando.' In the 1990s, his films became less successful, but the TV series 'Walking Texas Ranger' became extremely popular.
He made his long-awaited return to acting in 'The Expendables 2,' the sequel to the movie 'The Expendables,' which brought together a cast of veteran action stars.
Mr. Norris is also famous for his jokes, known as 'Chuck Norris Facts,' which excessively exaggerate his strength. These include a large number of 'facts' such as: 'Chuck Norris killed 50 people between throwing a grenade and it exploding,' 'Chuck Norris won a game of Russian roulette with a fully loaded revolver,' 'There is no such thing as evolution. There is only a list of organisms that Chuck Norris has allowed to live,' 'A cobra once bit Chuck Norris's leg. After five days of unbearable pain, the cobra died,' and 'Actually, Chuck Norris died four years ago, but the Grim Reaper is too cowardly to tell him he is dead.'
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