{"id":2339145,"date":"2026-03-20T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2339145"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:00:01","slug":"chuck-norris-dies-memes-pay-tribute-to-action-legend-with-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chuck-norris-dies-memes-pay-tribute-to-action-legend-with-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Norris dies \u2013 Memes pay tribute to action legend with &#8216;facts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">Chuck Norris&#8217; favorite &#8216;fact&#8217;: When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/stringr\/thumbnails\/89243953007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Chuck Norris death: Action star dies at 86<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Norris, the martial artist and action movie icon, has died at 86. His family said his passing was sudden and that he was at peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a sad fact that movie <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/03\/20\/chuck-norris-dies\/89230252007\/\">action legend Chuck Norris died<\/a> on March 19 after a sudden hospitalization, as confirmed by his family.<\/p>\n<p>However, even in death, &#8220;Chuck Norris Facts&#8221; continue to make Norris&#8217; legend even greater. The exaggerated, humorous tributes to his legendary toughness started in the early 2000s and went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Even Norris gave one final &#8220;fact&#8221; joke on his 86th birthday, March 10, nine days before dying. The &#8220;Walker, Texas Ranger&#8221; star posted a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVtiSHbETbX\/?hl=en\">sparring martial arts\u00a0Instagram video<\/a>\u00a0to mark the occasion. &#8220;I don&#8217;t age,&#8221; Norris said in the video. &#8220;I level up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are more &#8220;Chuck Norris Facts&#8221; tributes to the departed action star.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Respectful Chuck Norris &#8216;fact&#8217; tributes continue on X<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Chuck Norris actually died 10 years ago. Death was just too afraid to tell him. RIP to a legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chuck Norris didn&#8217;t die\u2026 death just finally got his permission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Author Stephen King&#8217;s favorite &#8220;Chuck Norris Fact&#8221; was NSFW, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenKing\/status\/2035013402976715178\">but his second favorite<\/a> will suffice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he was born, Chuck Norris drove his mother home from the hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Chuck Norris Facts&#8217; Hall of Fame<\/h2>\n<p>Norris read 10 of the more hilarious &#8220;facts&#8221; on the sports TV show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kQmPMZeN7JQ\">&#8220;The Best Damn Sports Show Period,&#8221; <\/a>in February 2006. The video has resurfaced since his passing. Here&#8217;s the list:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10. When Chuck Norris does push-ups, he doesn&#8217;t push himself up, he pushes the Earth down.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>9. There are no steroids in baseball, only players Chuck Norris has breathed on.<\/li>\n<li>8. Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris decided to punch his way out of his mother&#8217;s womb.<\/li>\n<li>7. Chuck Norris once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger by yelling, &#8220;Bang!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>6. Chuck Norris doesn&#8217;t churn butter. He roundhouse kicks the cows and the butter comes straight out.<\/li>\n<li>5. When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes, EVER!<\/li>\n<li>4. In fine print on the last page of The Guinness Book of World Records, it notes that all world records are held by Chuck Norris. Those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone else has ever gotten.<\/li>\n<li>3. When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. (This was a personal favorite of Norris.)<\/li>\n<li>2. Chuck Norris is suing NBC, claiming &#8220;Law &amp; Order&#8221; are trademarked names for his left and right legs.<\/li>\n<li>1. Chuck Norris&#8217; tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. Ever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Norris&#8217; favorite &#8216;fact&#8217;: When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris death: Action star dies at 86 Chuck Norris, the martial artist and action movie icon, has died at 86. His family said his passing was sudden and that he was at peace. 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