Chuck Norris, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ star, dies at 86

I was *** very shy, introverted kid growing up. Chuck Norris didn’t stay that way for long thanks to the martial arts. I was sent to Korea when I was in the Air Force and I started training over there and then I came back and got out of the service and started teaching. And to get students in my school, I became *** karate fighter. Some of those students were stars like Steve McQueen, who encouraged him to become an actor. I retired as the world karate champion, and I was looking for something to get involved in, *** new goal for myself. And I had thought about acting. I talked to Steve McQueen about it, and he encouraged me to pursue it. He said if I would apply myself like I did the martial arts, that I would maybe have *** chance at it. Norris’s first memorable part was Bruce Lee’s furry and formidable opponent in 1972’s Way of the Dragon. 5 years later, he landed his first leading role as *** truck driver searching for his missing brother in Breaker Breaker. Throughout the seventies and 80s, Norris made *** name for himself as *** rugged action hero in movies like Lone Wolf McQuaid, Missing in Action, and Delta Force. With his film career cooling off in the 90s, Norris made the switch to television. The tough guy won new fans with his long running series, Walker, Texas Ranger. You have the right. To remain silent off screen, Norris was *** supporter of conservative causes and candidates like former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. This race is extremely important for all of us. *** born again Christian, Norris expressed his faith as an author and columnist and advocated for religious education in public. Public schools. In later years, he became an internet sensation as the subject of humorous Chuck Norris facts, which satirized his tougher than tough image. He read *** few of his favorites on the Best damn sports show, period. When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. Norris kept poking fun at himself when he returned to the big screen in The Expendables 2. I heard another rumor that you were bitten by *** king cobra. Yeah, I was, but after 5 days of agonizing pain. That Cobra died online, on screen, and on the mat. Chuck Norris struck *** chord with the public and left his mark as *** performer and an athlete.