American action movie star Chuck Norris has died at the age of 86, TMZ reports. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” the Walker: Texas Ranger star’s family wrote in an announcement.
Norris’s death marks the second tragedy to strike the top-billed cast of the 1992 family film Sidekicks as other star Jonathan Brandis sadly committed suicide in 2003 at the age of 27.