{"id":53377,"date":"2026-03-20T22:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53377"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:58:12","slug":"chuck-norris-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/20\/chuck-norris-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Norris Dies \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By Sports Correspondent\u00a0\u2014 Martial arts icon and Hollywood action star Chuck Norris has died, his family confirmed in a statement shared on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>He passed away on Thursday, surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that\u00a0he was surrounded by his family\u00a0and was at peace,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Norris, a former martial arts champion, became one of the defining action stars of the 1980s, featuring in films such as\u00a0<em>Code of Silence<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Missing in Action<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Delta Force<\/em>. His tough, no-nonsense persona later found a global television audience in the hit series\u00a0<em>Walker, Texas Ranger<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned for his discipline, screen presence\u00a0and\u00a0enduring appeal, Norris built a legacy that transcended film, becoming a cultural icon in both martial arts and popular entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Further details surrounding his death were not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Chuck #Norris #Dies #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sports Correspondent\u00a0\u2014 Martial arts icon and Hollywood action star Chuck Norris has died, his family confirmed in a statement&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[10099,316,6694,202,272],"class_list":["post-53377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-chuck","tag-dies","tag-eduzim","tag-news","tag-norris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53379,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53377\/revisions\/53379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}