Arelor wrote to Sean Dennis:

A> I don't remember watching anything he made which was genuinely *good*, but 
A> it was always entertaining. He also seemed like a chill but non-bullshit 
A> person. End of an era.

He was even cooler away from the camera.

He was the Professional Full-Contact Middleweight Karate Champion from 1968
until he retired in 1974.  He held 10th-degree black belts in Chun Kuk Do (his 
own style) and Tang Soo
Do, along with black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and
Judo.

He got into acting because Steve McQueen, one of Chuck's karate students,
thought Chuck would be great on screen.

Chuck was also a US Air Force veteran and was made an honorary US Marine for
his service to help Marines.

He also founded the "Kickstart Kids" program, a non-profit that teaches
martial arts to middle school students to build character.

Chcuk Norris was an all-around good guy and there'll never be another one
like him.

I enjoyed at how he poked fun at himself in "The Expendables 2" (IIRC).

-- digi

... Death once had a near-Chuck-Norris experience.

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