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Actor and former Oakland Raiders player Carl Weathers stands on the Las Vegas Raiders sideline before the team's game against the Houston Texans at Allegiant Stadium on October 23, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo credit Ethan Miller/Getty Imagesnone
Actor Carl Weathers, who starred in 'Rocky' movies and 'The Mandalorian,' dies
The Associated Press35 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76.
Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement saying he died “peacefully in his sleep.”