Burt Young, Oscar-nominated Rocky actor, dies aged 83

Best known as Rocky Balboa's friend Paulie Pennino, Young mainly played Italian-Americans in hundreds of roles spanning film and television

Burt Young, the veteran character actor best known and Oscar-nominated for his role as Rocky Balboa's best friend, Paulie, in the Rocky films, has died aged 83.

Young passed away on 8 October in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told the New York Times on Wednesday. No cause of death was given.