Tony Burton, who is best known for his role as Apollo Creed’s trainer Tony “Duke” Evers in the first six “Rocky” movies has died. He was 78. The former football player and boxer appeared alongside ...

Tony Burton, the former boxer best known for playing Apollo Creed's trainer "Duke" in the "Rocky" franchise and featured in "The Shining," has died. He was 78. Burton, also a former football player, ...

Rocky actor Tony Burton has died at the age of 78, according to MLive.com. Suggested Reading ‘Sinners’ Cast: Where Are They Now Black Families Face Financial Crisis as Affordable Care Act Subsidies ...

Burton, who was from Flint, Michigan, appeared briefly in a flashback cameo in last year’s hit Creed, for which Rocky creator Sylvester Stallone is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting ...

Tony Burton, who played the corner man to both Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers in the Rocky film saga, has died at 78. He played Tony "Duke" Evers, trainer to Weathers' Apollo Creed in the ...

Tony Burton, best know for his role as Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed’s trainer in the “Rocky” films, died on Thursday night. He was 78. The cause of death has not been disclosed, but his sister, ...