Carl Weathers has died at 76

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Carl Weathers Dies: ‘Rocky’ & ‘Predator’ Star Who Appeared In ‘Happy Gilmore’, ‘The Mandalorian’ & More Was 76

Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore and dozens of others, died Tuesday at 76.

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[JohnnyCakes]

RIP Apollo

 

[Shane]

Damn that sucks. RIP Action Jackson…

 

[Mainstreet]

Carl Weathers looked so healthy in that picture taken in 2022.

Rest in Peace.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

RIP.

He played linebacker in college at San Diego State University and helped them win the 1969 Pasadena Bowl with an 11-0 record under coach Don Coryell. Signed with the Raiders as an UDFA and played in seven games for them in 1970 when they reached their first ever AFC Championship game with John Madden as their coach.

Always liked him in TV shows and movies over the years. He also did some narration for NFL Films.

 

[Cheesebeef]

This one strikes right at my heart.

Apparently, he was THIS close to playing Coach Purnell on Necessary Roighness when I was writing for the show. Would have been a dream come true to get to work with him.

RIP to a legend of cinema.

 

[Mulli]

Man, I was messed up when Apollo Creed died. This is a bummer.

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[bankybruce]

This one hurts! RIP

 

[Stout]

RIP to the Count of Monte Fisto.

 

[Stout]

This one strikes right at my heart.

Apparently, he was THIS close to playing Coach Purnell on Necessary Roighness when I was writing for the show. Would have been a dream come true to get to work with him.

RIP to a legend of cinema.

Man, I loved that show of yours. Too bad it didn't continue.

 

[Devilmaycare]

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[Cheesebeef]

Man, I loved that show of yours. Too bad it didn't continue.

Amen, brother.

Writing on that show… that was the stuff of dreams.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

This one strikes right at my heart.

Apparently, he was THIS close to playing Coach Purnell on Necessary Roighness when I was writing for the show. Would have been a dream come true to get to work with him.

RIP to a legend of cinema.

For a little color, cheese was a Rocky nut as a 4-7 year old. He:

- owned a red and white robe with “Italian stallion” on it

-got “Rocky II” on the back of his tshirts instead of his name

- Video+ (pre-blockbuster) used to reserve the Rocky videotapes for a 5 year old cheesebeef until they knew which one he was renting that week. Every week.

- when my parents had dinner parties it was a not uncommon occurrence to hear the Rocky theme emanate from cheese’s 5 year old bedroom, followed by a small voice yelling “yo Adrian!” Until he would come running into the dining room in shorts, bare-chested with boxing gloves.

This one does really hurt bc Apollo Creed was in our family room every week for a good 4 year period. RIP Carl.

 

[AzStevenCal]

RIP Colonel Dillon.

 

[Cheesebeef]

RIP Colonel Dillon.

He’s now pushing pencils with one arm up in that great gig in the sky.

 

[Covert Rain]

Man...what a loss. Loved him. Was so happy he was appearing in Star Wars and rumors were they were far from done with his character.

R.I.P.

 

[Ronin]

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[puckhead]

This one stings hard. He was a fixture in all the movies and shows I've loved. RIP

 

[MigratingOsprey]

So many great roles and characters - then he'd pop up in something like this

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[Mulli]

So many great roles and characters - then he'd pop up in something like this

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That is a masterpiece.

 

[Cheesebeef]

So many great roles and characters - then he'd pop up in something like this

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He had unbelievably underrated comic chops.

 

[Ronin]

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