'A warrior with a heart full of love': Tributes paid to movie star Chuck Norris, who dies aged 86

Hollywood action star Chuck Norris has died aged 86, his family says Norris, best known for playing Cordell "Cord" Walker in the long-running television series Walker, Texas Ranger, died "at peace" on Thursday surrounded by his family - read their statement "He may have a warrior exterior, but his heart was so full of love," his daughter Danilee says Born in Oklahoma in 1940, he served in the US Air Force before rising to fame as a martial arts star and later secured his big screen break alongside Bruce Lee in 1972's Way Of The Dragon - see his career in pictures Norris was the real deal, and he utilised his expertise in martial arts to help him launch a decades-long screen career, writes our entertainment reporter He also featured in a range of memes that made light of Norris' tough-guy image, one shows a picture of his face with the slogan "in an emergency, 911 calls him" Whether you know him for memes, movies or martial arts, Chuck Norris' fame spanned several genres and generations. If you were a movie-goer in the 1970s, 80s or 90s, there's a good chance you would've seen Chuck Norris on the silver screen in one of his many action film roles. Back then, actors tended to appear