Acclaimed Tough-Guy Actor and 'Rocky' Star Burt Young Dies at 83

Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty ImagesBurt Young, the former professional boxer-turned-actor who earned an Oscar nomination starring alongside Sylvester Stallone in the breakout 1976 hit Rocky, died earlier this month in Los Angeles, his daughter told The New York Times. No cause of death was provided for the 83-year-old. Young’s manager, Lynda Bensky, paid tribute in a statement to USA Today, describing him as “an actor of tremendous emotional range. He could make you cry and he could scare y

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