CNN —Burt Young, a former boxer who found fame playing tough guys in Hollywood, died earlier this month, his daughter Anne Morea Steingieser told the New York Times.
Young was best known for his role as Rocky Balboa’s brother-in-law Paulie in the “Rocky” movie franchise.
Sylvester Stallone, who starred as Rocky, paid tribute to Young on Wednesday.
“I was on the MGM lot when Sly Stallone came over and introduced himself to me, told me he wrote ‘Rocky’ and said ‘you gotta do it,’” Young recalled.
He has a real eyeball for what’s going on in the world.”It helped establish Young as an actor who could play the heavy, but also be complex.
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