{"id":68882,"date":"2023-10-19T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=68882"},"modified":"2023-10-19T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:03:01","slug":"rocky-actor-burt-young-dead-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/celebrities\/rocky-actor-burt-young-dead-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"'Rocky' Actor Burt Young Dead at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Burt Young<\/strong> — best known for his role as Paulie in the “Rocky” film franchise — has died.<\/p>\n The Oscar-nominated actor passed away in Los Angeles on October 8. A cause of death was not disclosed.<\/p>\n His manager told the New York Times, \u201cBurt was an actor of tremendous emotional range. He could make you cry and he could scare you to death.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Young appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows during his decades-long career. Some of his most notable flicks included “Chinatown,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “Back to School” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village.”<\/p>\n He also landed parts in 2 hit TV programs, “M*A*S*H” and “Baretta.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But, Young will always be remembered most for playing Paulie, the rough and tumble brother-in-law of Sylvester Stallone<\/strong>‘s Rocky Balboa.<\/p>\n They starred together in each of the five “Rocky” movies from 1976 to 1990, as well as the final one in the series, “Rocky Balboa,” in 2006.<\/p>\n Young received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Paulie in 1976, but lost to Jason Robards<\/strong> as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee<\/strong> in “All The President’s Men.”<\/p>\n Young was 83.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RIP<\/p>\n