<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=06V8VA_19nfIRNT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=06V8VA_19nfIRNT00" width="1200" height="600" >WILSON, Oklahoma (KXII) - Chuck Norris, Texoma’s black belt icon of TV and movie fame, has passed away. He was 86.Born in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris was raised just up the road in Wilson, where at one point he lived above a general store in the heart of downtown.Norris went on to serve in the United States Air Force, where he began training in martial arts. When he returned from service, he found success as a champion fighter and later as an action movie star.“When he would come to visit, he would sneak in on a stretch limousine,” longtime Wilson resident and historian Melinda Taylor said with a chuckle. “At that time, we had an old drugstore that had the old soda fountain and everything, and he would call the owners, usually on a Sunday, and they would open the drugstore for him and make sodas.”He worked in films with the likes of Bruce Lee, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis. He wrote books and starred in the hit TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger.”In his later years, Norris’s “tougher than tough” persona sparked an internet phenomenon known as “Chuck Norris Facts.”“When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris,” he once read as an example of these hyperbolic “facts.”But despite his fame, Norris never forgot his roots in Wilson.“There were some people he kept a connection with, so when they came back they would visit,” Taylor said.In 1993, Norris added his handprint and a star of fame in downtown Wilson, just across the street from where he once lived. That star can still be seen today.The town also put up a sign at the entrance of Wilson in his honor, and the water tower reads “Home of Chuck Norris.”While he was a celebrity to most of the world, to many in Texoma, he was simply a neighbor, a classmate and a friend.If you’d like to see memorabilia from his storied life, visit the Wilson Historical Museum on Fridays or Saturdays between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.</div></body>

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WILSON, Oklahoma (KXII) - Chuck Norris, Texoma’s black belt icon of TV and movie fame, has passed away. He was 86. Born in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris was raised just up the road in Wilson, where at one point he lived above a general store in the heart of downtown.

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WILSON, Oklahoma (KXII) - Chuck Norris, Texoma’s black belt icon of TV and movie fame, has passed away. He was 86. Born in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris was raise

Remembering Chuck Norris in his Texoma hometown

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