Carole Taylor, 83, receives a fifth-degree karate black belt from celebrity Chuck Norris on Saturday, July 17, 2021 in Las Vegas. (Family photo) SALT LAKE CITY — Carole Taylor may be 83, but she now has a fifth-degree black belt in karate — an honor she received from Chuck Norris himself. The Utah woman's passion for martial arts began 15 years ago at the age of 68, when she started taking her 11-year-old granddaughter to lessons. "I thought: 'Wow, this is mental and physical.