Burt Young was best known for his career-defining role as Paulie, appearing in all six films up until “Rocky Balboa” in 2006.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Burt Young, the Academy Award-nominated actor known for his timeless role as Paulie in the “Rocky” film franchise, has died at 83, his manager confirmed to ABC News.
“Burt was an actor of tremendous emotional range. He could make you cry and he could scare you to death. But the real pathos that I experienced was the poignancy of his soul. That’s where it came from,” his manager, Lynda Bensky, said of the veteran actor in a statement.
Young died earlier this month in Los Angeles, according to the New York Times, which first…
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