Richard Norton Dies: ‘Mad Max’ Actor, Fight Choreographer & Hollywood Trainer Was 75
deadline.comRichard Norton, a legendary Hollywood trainer and bodyguard, fight choreographer, stuntman and actor in the Mad Max franchise, has died at the age of 75, his wife Judy Green announced on Instagram. “I am numb and devastated, I have no words I have lost my everything,” she wrote in the caption, alongside a photo of her, Norton and their Husky. “I know there is, and will be lots of love and shock that we have lost this incredible human being.
The love ❤️ of my life. I’m using this time to come to terms with my great loss.” In the comments, colleagues like Charlee Fraser, who worked with Norton on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, offered, “Sending so much love and light to you Rich!” The Boys star Karen Fukuhara and James Gunn, both of whom worked alongside Norton as he coordinated fights for 2016’s Suicide Squad and 2021’s The Suicide Squad, respectively, offered their condolences.
The Australia native had an early fascination with martial arts, soon becoming an expert and eventually taking jobs as a bodyguard to the likes of The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Mick Jagger, ABBA and Linda Ronstadt, who encouraged him to venture into Hollywood.
Renowned in the field, he has also trained such stars as Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Anya Taylor-Joy, Margot Robbie, Liam Neeson and more.
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