Chuck Norris, sans beard. Photo by Splash News.
We are gathered here today to
remember one of Hollywood's greatest treasures: Chuck Norris's beard.
The well-trimmed facial hair lived a long and butt-kicking life during
its decades-long existence on Norris's face. Now -- sadly -- the beard
is no more.
We were first alerted to the shocking news by TMZ. The gossip site ran a photo -- presumably recent -- of Norris enjoying the great outdoors without his beard's company.
Is Norris, 73, going through a
first-quarter-life crisis? Can Chuck still intimidate man, woman, and
inanimate object without his world-famous facial hair? Well, of course
he can. He's Chuck Norris. But one shouldn't discount the beard's contribution to the man’s success.
Indeed, over the course of his
butt-kicking career, Norris has kept his enemies close, but his beard
closer. It was there to help defeat Joe Piscopo in "Sidekicks." It stood strong while Norris knocked over numerous trouble-makers in "Walker, Texas Ranger."
And, most recently, the beard gave a stirring performance in
"Expendables 2" opposite Stallone’s muscles, Willis’s smirk, and Van
Damme’s hairline.
But now the beard is gone. It has
left the dojo. But something tells us it will be back. Like a
dyed-blonde panther it waits, ready to reappear when we least expect it.
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