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Carl Weathers Cause of Death Revealed

Weathers, star of 'Rocky' and 'The Mandalorian,' died on Feb. 2 in his sleep. He was 76.

GettyWeathers had a number of film and TV credits to his name, but perhaps he'll best be known for his deft portrayal of the bombastic boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky franchise. He gave Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) a shot at the heavyweight championship in the 1976 flick that went on to win three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He became close friends with Balboa in Rocky III and got Balboa out of his funk in a rematch against James "Clubber" Lang, portrayed by Mr. T. Weathers made his final appearance in Rocky IV(1984), when his character tragically died in the ring in an exhibition match against Russian heavyweight Ivan Drago, played by Dolph Lundgren.

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