Dianne Holechek — Chuck Norris‘ highschool sweetheart to whom he was married for a number of a long time — has died … TMZ has realized.
We spoke with Dianne and Chuck’s son, Mike Norris, who tells TMZ … Dianne handed away peacefully at her residence in Texas after an extended battle with dementia.
Mike says, “We’re grateful she is now not struggling. She was the very best, the best mother. We have been so fortunate to have her.”
Chuck and Dianne met at a Torrance, California highschool within the late Nineteen Fifties … tying the knot in ’58 when the 2 have been simply 18 and 17 years previous, respectively.
They’d two kids collectively … Mike and his youthful brother Eric Norris, a former NASCAR driver.
Throughout their years collectively, Chuck was untrue … fathering a daughter within the early Nineteen Sixties with one other lady whereas he was serving in the USA Air Power.
Dianne stood by his facet throughout his meteoric rise to fame as a martial arts champion and motion star in the course of the Seventies and Eighties … although they ultimately separated in 1988 and divorced the next 12 months.
Dianne was 84.
RIP
