Chuck Norris obituary

Martial arts champion who became a star of 1980s action movies and played the wholesome hero of Walker, Texas Ranger on TV Action cinema of the 1980s was a podium where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone fought over gold and silver position. Bronze belonged indisputably to Chuck Norris, who has died aged 86. The premature death of Bruce Lee in 1973 had left a vacancy for a martial arts movie superstar that was eventually filled to some extent by Norris, Lee’s friend and colleague. H...

By Ryan Gilbey