Tony Burton (1937 - 2016), Rocky actor

Tony Burton, who was a boxer before he turned to acting, most notably as the trainer in six "Rocky" films, has died. He was 77. Burton died Feb. 25 in California after a long illness, according to multiple news sources. The actor played the character Tony "Duke" Evers, Apollo Creed's trainer in the first two films in the "Rocky" series that starred Sylvester Stallone. Before that, Burton was a Golden Gloves heavyweight boxing champion during the 1950s in Michigan.