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Richard Norton

Australian martial artist, actor, stuntman and fight choreographer

Richard Norton was an Australian martial artist, stuntman and fight choreographer who appeared in dozens of films, including the Mad Max franchise. He died in Melbourne on 30 March 2025, aged 75, after going into cardiac arrest following injections of unapproved peptides; a Victorian coroner examined his death.

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WHAT TO WATCHWhether Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration acts on the coroner's call to review the peptides he was prescribed.

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    'Mad Max' actor Richard Norton ignored nurse's warning about peptide treatment which he began days before his sudden death last year - The Economic Times The Economic Times
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    Coroner urges review of unapproved peptides after death of Australian stuntman Richard Norton | Wake County Herald Wake County Herald