Burt Young, ‘Rocky’ actor, dead at 83
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Young died at the age of 83. He portrayed Sylvester Stallone’s brother-in-law Paulie in ‘Rocky’
Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor known for his role as Paulie in “Rocky,” has died, Fox News Digital confirmed. He was 83.
His cause of death was not immediately known. According to the New York Times, Young died on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles.
“Burt was an actor of tremendous emotional range,” his manager Lynda Bensky said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. “He could make you cry, and he could scare you to death.”
Bensky added, “But the real pathos that I experienced was the poignancy of his soul. That’s where it came from.”
Young had more than 160 credits to his name but was best known for playing Sylvester Stallone’s brother-in-law Paulie in six of the “Rocky” movies.