Walker, Texas Ranger star and martial arts icon Chuck Norris dies at 86
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A six-time karate champion and action film star, Norris was hospitalised in Hawaii on Thursday for unknown causes.
Chuck Norris, a former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero, has died at the age of 86, according to his family.
In a statement posted to Instagram on Friday, his family described Norris’s death as sudden.
“It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the Norris family wrote.
“While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace.”
According to the publication Variety, Norris had been hospitalised in Hawaii since Thursday, though details were not disclosed.
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