{"id":2337570,"date":"2026-03-19T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2337570"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:51:20","slug":"chuck-norris-86-rushed-to-the-hospital-in-hawaii-after-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chuck-norris-86-rushed-to-the-hospital-in-hawaii-after-medical-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Norris, 86, rushed to the hospital in Hawaii after medical emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chuck Norris was reportedly rushed to a hospital in Hawaii after suffering a medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWalker, Texas Ranger\u201d alum, 86, was on the island of Kauai when the incident occurred, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/19\/chuck-norris-hospitalized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ reported Thursday.<\/a> However, the nature of the incident remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Norris bounced back immediately as insiders told the outlet that he is in good spirits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chuck Norris, seen above in January, was reportedly rushed to the hospital. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/chucknorris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 86-year-old actor, seen here in November, was on the Hawaiian island of Kauai when the incident occurred, TMZ reported Thursday. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/chucknorris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A rep for Norris wasn\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The martial artist proved he\u2019s still in great shape as he celebrated his birthday on March 10 with a private outdoor boxing lesson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t age. I level up,\u201d he said in a video shared <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVtiSHbETbX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m 86 today! Nothing like some playful action on a sunny day to make you feel young.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A source told the outlet that Norris, seen above in May, was in good spirits. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/chucknorris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Norris recently celebrated his 86th birthday with a private MMA session earlier this month.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for another year, good health and the chance to keep doing what I love,\u201d Norris continued.<\/p>\n<p>The actor expressed his gratitude to the \u201cbest fans in the world,\u201d concluding, \u201cYour support through the years has meant more to me than you\u2019ll ever know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWay of the Dragon\u201d star often shares his workouts online, and recently posted a photo of himself flexing his bicep while hitting the gym in November.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI don\u2019t age. I level up,\u201d he said in a video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m 86 today! Nothing like some playful action on a sunny day to make you feel young,\u201d Norris added.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s a photo I took several months ago,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRKrbJrEQNe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captioned the snap<\/a>. \u201cProgress isn\u2019t measured by perfection, but by the courage to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norris reassured his 2.8 million followers that he was \u201cstill setting goals, pushing forward and choosing discipline over comfort.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter your age, keep striving for the best version of yourself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cInvasion U.S.A.\u201d star also posts footage of himself <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQUfm-RkYqi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horseback riding<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOoWeaEkWGS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiking<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-2-oV5vk8q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weight lifting. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Norris, photographed above in September, often shares footage of himself being active online. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/chucknorris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cWalker, Texas Ranger\u201d alum is seen above in a karate gi in 1975. <span class=\"credit\">Tony Korody\/Sygma\/Corbis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Norris is married to Gene O\u2019Kelley, whom he wed in 1998, and shares 24-year-old twins, Dakota Alan and Danilee Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>He was previously married to the late Dianne Holechek from 1958 to 1989, and the exes shared sons Eric, 60, and Mike, 63.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cExpendables 2\u201d star also welcomed a daughter, Dina Norris, 62, while in a secret relationship.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Norris was reportedly rushed to a hospital in Hawaii after suffering a medical emergency. The \u201cWalker, Texas Ranger\u201d alum, 86, was on the island of Kauai when the incident occurred, TMZ reported Thursday. However, the nature of the incident remains unclear. Norris bounced back immediately as insiders told the outlet that he is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2337571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[347142,24003,437618,22080,21912,21913],"class_list":["post-2337570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-news","tag-chuck-norris","tag-hawaii","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chuck-Norris-86-rushed-to-the-hospital-in-Hawaii-after.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2337572,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337570\/revisions\/2337572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}