Actor Richard Norton's Tragic End After Experimental Peptide Use

In March last year, an action actor suddenly died after taking a peptide intended to restore youth and vitality. Richard Norton, an Australian actor, stuntman , and fight coordinator who has worked with every A-lister you can think of, suffered a cardiac arrest aged 75 after injecting the popular drug. The veteran actor had worked alongside Chuck Norris and trained Hollywood royalty Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie , Ben Affleck, Liam Neeson and many more.

The actor helped coach A-lister Margot Robbie. Credit: rjnorton70 / Instagram Officials claim Norton is the first person to die as a result of peptides in Australia According to The Daily Mail, his death is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Tragically, a coroner’s report released Wednesday reportedly attributed his death to complications involving the unapproved peptide products.

The coroner, David Ryan, noted that although the anti-aging cocktail was prescribed by a physician, Norton had taken “amounts of the medication in excess of the dose prescribed. ” Reportedly, Norton's practitioner, Dr. Jerzy Muchnicki, prescribed him peptides to help treat symptoms of fatigue following a bilateral shoulder reconstruction, after the actor claimed that another physician had prescribed him peptides in the past.