Chuck Norris, 'Walker, Texas Ranger' Star and Action Legend, Dead at 86

For decades, Chuck Norris felt less like a normal movie star and more like a permanent piece of pop culture. He was one of the defining action faces of the 1980s, a martial arts icon, and later the heart of Walker, Texas Ranger. But then, in one of the strangest and funniest second acts any celebrity has ever had, he became one of the most enduring cult heroes and legend of the internet thanks to the absurd “Chuck Norris facts” era, where the joke was basically that he could roundhouse kick reality itself into submission. Now, that larger-than-life figure is gone, as Norris has passed away at 86. According to a family statement shared Friday, Norris died Thursday morning in Hawaii.