FILE PHOTO: Cast member Burt Young waves at the world premiere of 'Rocky Balboa' at the Chinese theater in Hollywood, California December 13, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
LOS ANGELES – Veteran character actor Burt Young, best known and Oscar nominated for his role as the brother-in-law and meat-cutting friend to Sylvester Stallone's prize-fighting protagonist in the Rocky films has died at age 83, his manager said on Wednesday. Born Gerald Tommaso DeLouise in New York City's Queens borough, the burly performer served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1950s and later studied at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. He went on to build a career playing mostly tough-guy and Italian-American characters on television and film.
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