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Actor Tony Burton, ex-boxer who played Apollo Creed trainer, dies
Reuters/Yahoo ^
| 2/26/16
| N/A (Reuters)
Posted on 02/26/2016 8:37:56 AM PST by DemforBush
Reuters) - Tony Burton, a former boxer who portrayed Apollo Creed's trainer in six of the "Rocky" movies, has died at age 78 after a long illness...
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KEYWORDS: rocky
Always liked his character in the Rocky films. Burton was also quite good on Tim Reid's short-lived (but excellent) tv show Frank's Place back in the late 80s. RIP.
To: DemforBush
He also trained the Rock in his fight against Ivan Drago.
To: traderrob6
Trained him in Rocky Balboa, too. Couldn’t believe how much he’d aged.
To: DemforBush
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posted on
02/26/2016 8:48:19 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
One tough looking dude. RIP.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Yep.
Not as prissy as Eric Burton...
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posted on
02/26/2016 8:57:39 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Something tells me that it would be really, really hard to break that nose.
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posted on
02/26/2016 9:00:33 AM PST
by
ArtDodger
To: ArtDodger
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posted on
02/26/2016 9:01:55 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
“He doesn’t know it’s a damn show! He thinks it’s a damn fight!”
To: Larry Lucido; Bender2
Just...! DAMN !
Great character actor.
Does “Hollywood” Bendy want to weigh in on Burton?
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posted on
02/26/2016 9:03:58 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: DemforBush
Great character for sure.
RIP
To: DemforBush
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