{"id":86682,"date":"2026-03-20T10:58:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=86682"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:01:00","slug":"in-memoriam-chuck-norris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/in-memoriam-chuck-norris\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Chuck Norris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chuck<\/h1>\n

Actor and martial artist Chuck Norris dead at 86<\/a><\/h1>\n

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To say I grew up with Chuck Norris would be an understatement.<\/h2>\n

Having competed in Karate and Kickbooxing as a kid, the guy was a living, breathing icon for me. I remember my dad taking me to Houston when I was around nine to watch him in a kickbxing tournament and then of course all of his great movies. I still remember seing him fight Bruce Lee in The Way of the Dragon<\/em>. I think I wore that VHS tape out rewinding it trying to duplicate his kicks! And then of course there was one of my dad’s fave movies: Missing in Action. I mean does it get any better than Chuck Norris coming out of the water with a M-60? Or wielding MAC-10’s akimbo in Invasion USA?<\/h2>\n

More than all of this though Chuck Norris exemplified grace and style in his public life. He was always well spoken and a gentleman in public, quietly practicing his Christian beliefs in the best way possible: By example.<\/h2>\n

I had to smile while preparing to write this, as his memes are still prominent all over the web, Chuck Norris reinvented for a new generation!<\/h2>\n

The Legend and the Man will Live on because that is what Icons do.<\/h2>\n

Gonna miss you Chuck, you were and will always be a Champion in my book.<\/h2>\n

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\"Black<\/p>\n

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