Chuck Norris, the former martial arts champion and 1980s action-film hero who fought the bad guys in ¡°Code of Silence,¡± ¡°Missing in Action¡± and ¡°The Delta Force¡± ?and upheld the law in the TV series ¡°Walker, Texas Ranger,¡± died on Thursday, his family said in a statement on his Instagram account on Friday.
¡°While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,¡± the statement read.
The six-time undefeated World Professional Middleweight Karate Champion, whose tough-guy image inspired satirical ¡°facts¡± that made him an Internet phenomenon, had been hospitalized in Hawaii on Thursday, Variety reported.
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