This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies. Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion turned Hollywood action hero, died last week. He was 86. Norris broke into movies with a cinematic fight to the death ...

If you grew up in the United States during the 1970s and/or 1980s, there wasn't a more reliable producer of junk food martial arts cinema than Chuck Norris. From the moment he delivered a fatal flying ...

Chuck Norris in a maroon shirt leaning on a wooden rail - Frederic Meylan/Getty Images On March 20, 2026, news broke that action film icon Chuck Norris had died at 86. While it can be argued that the ...

Chuck Norris stands in the rain, clad in camoflauge, in Braddock: Missing in Action III - Cannon If you grew up in the United States during the 1970s and/or 1980s, there wasn't a more reliable ...