Chuck Norris has passed away. The famous American actor was one of the most invincible actors of all time. A legendary figure who dedicated his life to killing villains, Chuck Norris finally succumbed to death.
He was one of our childhood heroes. Along with Bruce Lee, his invincibility became a philosophy of life for those over 50. Watching their films made you want to learn karate, to save the world by eliminating villains like them. While our childhood heroes are losing their lives one by one, children are now comforted by artificial heroes. Children who grew up with Supermen and Batmans are now growing up with virtual heroes. Heroes that are both virtual and unrealistic.
Yet Chuck Norris was someone we could all have been. Knowing good martial arts and fighting villains was easy, but even being Superman isn’t something children dream of. Because he wasn’t a hero we could have been; he was a hero created in cartoons and then for the cinema, but not in real life.
When Bruce Lee died, we, as children of that era, were very sad. We even said silly things about the cause of his death. ‘Intelligence agencies killed him because they saw him as powerful and dangerous enough to destroy their country.’
We can’t say that about Chuck Norris because we haven’t seen him in new films. We haven’t even had time to see or want to see him among our fictional heroes.
We wish him peace in the afterlife.