Sylvester Stallone paid tribute to his late 'Rocky' co-star Burt Young on Wednesday following his death at 83.
Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest stories. Her previous work can be found in OK! Magazine, MyLondon, GRM Daily, and more.“To my Dear Friend, BURT YOUNG,” Stallone, 77, wrote on his Instagram on Wednesday. “You were an incredible man's and artist, I and the World will miss you very much...RIP.
Sylvester Stallone Kisses Wife Jennifer Flavin Near Iconic ‘Rocky’ Steps at Philadelphia Museum of Art Young’s manager Lynda Bensky confirmed the actor’s death to PEOPLE on Wednesday. “Burt was an actor of tremendous emotional range. He could make you cry and he could scare you to death,” the statement read. “But the real pathos that I experienced was the poignancy of his soul. That’s where it came from.”“I was on the MGM lot when Sly Stallone came over and introduced himself to me, told me he wrote ‘Rocky’ and said ‘you gotta do it,’” Young said.
Young continued that the script “had the cleanest street prose I’d ever read.” He went on to say that Stallone was “a genius who is always looking three years ahead.”
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