Sept. 4, 2012 -- quicklist: 1title: Chuck Norris Warns of '1,000 Years of Darkness' If Obama Re-Elected text: Action film actor and martial artist Chuck Norris issued a grave warning to America's voters this week: Head to the ballot box, or sentence your children to "1,000 years of darkness."

Norris, along with his wife Gena, filmed a two-minute video urging people to "unite for God and country" by casting their ballots against Obama this November.

"Our great country and freedom are under attack," Norris says in the video, first posted to World Net Daily. "We are at a tipping point and quite possibly our country as we know it could be lost forever if we don't change the course our country is headed."

Quoting former President Reagan, Gena Norris warns that the country has a "rendezvous with destiny."

"We will preserve for our children this last best hope for man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into 1,000 years of darkness," she said, quoting one of Reagan's 1964 speeches. "If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done."

While the couple never mentioned any candidates by name in the video, Norris was a strong supporter of former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich during the Republican primary race.

In an equally apocalyptic op-ed in January, Norris cautioned that "civilization is on the brink."

"We need a veteran of political war who has already fought Goliath, because he will be facing Goliath's bigger brother," Norris wrote in the WND editorial, adding that Gingrich "is the best man left on the battlefield who is able to outwit, outplay and outlast Obama and his campaign machine."

https://abcnews.com/Politics/OTUS/chuck-norris-warns-1000-years-darkness-obama-elected/story?id=17152039

Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion and action film star who became a pop culture phenomenon through his roles in numerous Hollywood classics and a wave of internet memes celebrating his legendary toughness, has died at 86.

The actor passed away Thursday morning following a medical emergency on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, his family confirmed in a statement posted to his Instagram account.

“While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” the statement read. “To the world, he was a martial artist, actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, an incredible brother, and the heart of our family.”

Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10, 1940, in Ryan, Oklahoma, the future action star grew up in poverty before enlisting in the US Air Force, where he was stationed in South Korea. There, he began studying martial arts, eventually earning black belts in multiple disciplines and winning six world karate championships. He went on to found two major martial arts systems – American Tang Soo Do and the Chuck Norris System.

His acting career began after he gave private karate lessons to Steve McQueen, who encouraged him to give it a shot in Hollywood. His breakout role came when playing the villain to Bruce Lee’s hero in the 1972 classic ‘Way of the Dragon,’ featuring their legendary Colosseum fight scene which has become one of cinema’s most iconic battles.

The 1980s established Norris as an action icon after he starred in ‘Lone Wolf McQuade,’ ‘Missing in Action,’ ‘Code of Silence,’ ‘Delta Force’. His superstar status was further cemented through his role as Cordell Walker in ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ which ran for nine seasons in the 1990s.

In the 2000s, Norris experienced a cultural renaissance when ‘Chuck Norris Facts’ became an internet sensation. The memes playfully exaggerated his toughness with lines like “When the boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris” or “Superman wears Chuck Norris pyjamas.” Norris embraced the phenomenon, even authoring his own book of ‘facts.’

A devout Christian and social conservative, Norris was also known for his philanthropy and his friendship with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom he visited in Budapest in 2018 and bonded with over shared values. A statue was erected in Norris’ honor in Budapest in 2024.

The actor was also popular in Russia and visited the country on several occasions, including in 1992 to act as referee at a kickboxing event. In 1995, he became the co-owner of the Firebird nightclub in Moscow and later opened his own establishment in the Russian capital dubbed the “Chuck Norris Enterprise Club Beverly Hills.”

In 1997, he also visited Russia as an honorary guest at a prestigious national Thai boxing and kickboxing tournament and famously had dinner with Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Norris is survived by his wife Gena, whom he married in 1998, his five children and 13 grandchildren.

https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/635661-chuck-norris-passed-away/

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