{"id":794253,"date":"2026-07-30T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794253\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:02:10","slug":"chuck-norris-family-friends-honor-him-at-vegas-funeral-attended-by-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794253\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Norris&#8217; Family, Friends Honor Him at Vegas Funeral Attended by Thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Chuck Norris<br \/>\n                          Thousands Show Up To Pay Respects<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              July 30, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:35 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_20260730_46296fd72d704bad80a6c90b20c7efb4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cec32eab-3dff-4bf1-8ea7-4e79386f04ac\" 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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/46296fd72d704bad80a6c90b20c7efb4_md.jpg\" alt=\"chuck norris getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chuck-norris\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Norris<\/a> has been laid to rest &#8230; and TMZ has learned his Las Vegas memorial service was &#8212; like the man himself &#8212; larger than life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/judson-mills\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judson Mills<\/a>, Chuck&#8217;s co-star on &#8220;Walker, Texas Ranger,&#8221; tells TMZ &#8230; the star&#8217;s funeral was July 18 at the Rio Hotel &amp; Casino &#8230; and he estimates there were as many as 5,000 mourners paying their respects.<\/p>\n<p>Judson told us &#8230; he was one of the speakers at the funeral &#8230; and it was attended by several people who worked on &#8216;Walker.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ reported &#8230; the martial arts and Hollywood legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/20\/chuck-norris-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> in March after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/19\/chuck-norris-hospitalized\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hospitalized<\/a> in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As you know &#8230; Chuck had a black belt in several martial arts &#8230; he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989 &#8230; and he later became an actual Texas Ranger.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck was largely out of acting over the past few decades, except for a few minor roles in movies like 2012&#8217;s &#8220;The Expendables 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260505_8898a6b8a45046b5915dfe38d98be683\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cec32eab-3dff-4bf1-8ea7-4e79386f04ac\" 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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8898a6b8a45046b5915dfe38d98be683_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-chuck-norris-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>No word if Chuck gave his own eulogy &#8230; but given his lore, we wouldn&#8217;t be shocked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chuck Norris Thousands Show Up To Pay Respects Published July 30, 2026 1:35 PM PDT Chuck Norris has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-794253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}