The action star’s death forced fans to reckon with his strange legacy: a real person with a complicated past, and a meme that made him into an immortal symbol of exaggerated masculinity.
“Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups. He simply pushes the world down.”
“Chuck Norris counted to infinity – twice.”
“Chuck Norris once strangled someone – with a cordless phone”
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Chuck Norris, the 1980s action star, bec... [5379 chars]