Iconic martial arts action star Chuck Norris celebrates 80th birthday today. Image via USA Today.
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Iconic action star Chuck Norris turns 80 today

Chuck Norris, real name Carlos Ray Norris who became the first westerner in history to win the rank of 8th-degree black belt in taekwondo, is celebrating his 80th birthday today. Norris first rose to fame as a martial arts action star in his iconic fight scene with Bruce Lee in the 1972 movie The Way of the Dragon, eventually becoming an action mainstay in Hollywood for many decades.

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