Carl Weathers, actor who starred in 'Rocky,' 'Predator' and 'The Mandalorian,' has died at 76

NEW YORK (AP) - -- Carl Weathers, a erstwhile NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood enactment movie and drama star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed successful the "Rocky" movies, facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger successful "Predator" and teaching play successful "Happy Gilmore," has died. He was 76.

Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His household issued a connection saying helium died "peacefully successful his sleep."

Carl Weathers arrives astatine a peculiar screening for the play 3 premiere of "The Mandalorian" connected Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, astatine The Roosevelt Hotel successful Los Angeles.

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Comfortable flexing his muscles connected the large surface successful "Action Jackson" arsenic helium was joking astir connected the tiny surface successful specified shows arsenic "Arrested Development," Weathers was possibly astir intimately associated with Creed, who made his archetypal quality arsenic the cocky, undisputed heavyweight satellite champion successful 1976's "Rocky," starring Sylvester Stallone.

"It puts you connected the representation and makes your career, truthful to speak. But that's a one-off, truthful you've got to travel it up with something. Fortunately those movies kept coming, and Apollo Creed became much and much successful people's consciousness and invited successful their lives, and it was conscionable the close feline astatine the close time," helium told The Daily Beast successful 2017.

Most recently, Weathers has starred successful the Disney+ deed "The Mandalorian," appearing successful each 3 seasons.

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