{"id":951207,"date":"2026-10-29T23:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951207\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T23:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:38:12","slug":"actor-richard-norton-dies-suddenly-after-injecting-peptides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951207\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Richard Norton Dies Suddenly After Injecting Peptides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Australian Actor Richard Norton<br \/>\n                          Sudden Death Linked To Peptide Injection<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 29, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:23 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  October 29, 2026<br \/>\n                                3:39 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261029_f3b76206aaca4b25b463e1293369d02e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:527daf90-0861-416c-b9fd-457cead71e29\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f3b76206aaca4b25b463e1293369d02e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Norton instagram 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australian actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/richard-norton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Norton<\/a>&#8216;s death has been linked to unapproved peptide injections.<\/p>\n<p>The martial arts legend&#8217;s sudden death was &#8220;triggered by&#8221; a peptide stack &#8230; according to a coroner in Melbourne, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-78f20b8d-0111-45f7-90fd-e3f3b317486f\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2025\/03\/30\/remembering-richard-norton\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:78f20b8d-0111-45f7-90fd-e3f3b317486f\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:527daf90-0861-416c-b9fd-457cead71e29\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/13f2eba9cb2044628c1a6f179c4dfa3d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Richard Norton\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richard&#8217;s death is believed to be the first in Australia attributed to peptide usage.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As we reported &#8230; Richard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/30\/richard-norton-dead-75\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> March 30, 2025, in Melbourne after suffering cardiac arrest, which was apparently triggered by the peptides.<\/p>\n<p>Richard had a prescription for the anti-aging substance &#8230; but the coroner said he took more than the prescribed dose.<\/p>\n<p>The coroner&#8217;s report says &#8230; &#8220;The injection caused an anaphylactic reaction which in turn led to cardiac arrest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261029_585d3d85970b4372a4a5a108f017e809\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:527daf90-0861-416c-b9fd-457cead71e29\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/585d3d85970b4372a4a5a108f017e809_md.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Norton instagram\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richard worked alongside Hollywood heavyweights &#8230; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chuck-norris\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Norris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/margot-robbie\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Margot Robbie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jackie-chan\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackie Chan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ben-affleck\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Affleck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/scarlett-johansson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlize-theron\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlize Theron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/liam-neeson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Neeson<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife, actress Judy Green.<\/p>\n<p>Richard was 75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian Actor Richard Norton Sudden Death Linked To Peptide Injection Published October 29, 2026 1:23 PM PDT |&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-951207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}