{"id":486333,"date":"2026-03-20T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486333\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:06:15","slug":"a-warrior-with-a-heart-full-of-love-tributes-paid-to-movie-star-chuck-norris-who-dies-aged-86-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486333\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A warrior with a heart full of love’: Tributes paid to movie star Chuck Norris, who dies aged 86"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movies, martial arts, memes: Norris’ fame was far-reachingpublished at 17:53 GMT<\/p>\n

17:53 GMT<\/p>\n

\"\"Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter<\/p>\n

\"ChuckImage source, Getty Images<\/p>\n

Whether you know him for memes, movies or martial arts, Chuck Norris’ fame spanned several genres and generations.<\/p>\n

If you were a movie-goer in the 1970s, 80s or 90s, there’s a good chance you would’ve seen Chuck Norris on the silver screen in one of his many action film roles.<\/p>\n

Back then, actors tended to appear either solely in movies or TV shows, but Norris conquered both, becoming a favourite with television audiences thanks to the 196 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger he appeared in over nine seasons.<\/p>\n

As he got older, Norris cut down on the number of film and TV roles he took on, although he became known to new audiences thanks to a cameo appearance in 2004’s Dodgeball starring Vince Vaughan and Ben Stiller, and 2012’s The Expendables 2. <\/p>\n

Over decades, Norris built a legacy that reached far beyond snappy one-liners and gripping fight scenes. His screen presence could carry a film or TV series, and his martial arts background meant his characters always felt authentic rather than manufactured.<\/p>\n

When traditional cinema declined and internet culture took over, Norris remained relevant as a meme star which played up to his former tough-guy persona – something he enjoyed and encouraged.<\/p>\n

We’re now ending our live coverage, but we have more on Chuck Norris in this story from our culture editor.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movies, martial arts, memes: Norris’ fame was far-reachingpublished at 17:53 GMT 17:53 GMT Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Image source,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-486333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}