Chuck Norris' Unbreakable Spirit: Surviving Two Heart Attacks

0:00It's March 26. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered and star-driven. Chuck Norris beat the odds nearly a decade ago, with two massive heart attacks at age 77. Sources close to him said the ordeal would have killed most men half his age, but his top physical shape helped him survive. The scare hit in 2017, after he spoke at a martial arts event in Las Vegas. He and his wife Gina stopped at a hotel casino in remote Nevada on their long drive home to Chester, California. Around 1.30 a.m., they checked in and Norris spent time on the casino floor before heading to his room. At 5.30 a.m., he collapsed in the shower from severe chest pains, shocking other guests. Paramedics raised him 100 miles by ambulance to a hospital in Hawthorne, Nevada, where his heart stopped twice in under an hour. They revived him with a defibrillator both times before airlifting him to Reno for more care. Norris went on to live until 86, passing on March 19 with family by his side.

1:04His story highlights the unbreakable spirit that defined his legacy.