Profound Mourning in Hollywood Died Tony Burton, was Duke coach of Rocky Balboa In a few days Sylvester Stallone could win the Oscar for his return in the role of Rocky in Creed, but now comes the bad news for all fans of the saga. Tony Burton, the actor who played Tony "Duke" Evers in the first six films alongside Stallone and Carl Weathers, died at age 78. Duke was the coach of Apollo Creed and Rocky before then. Former football player and boxer, Burton young age had spent even three and a half years in prison for theft: there he got his high school diploma and college. The last year has passed in and out of hospitals, which did not allow him to see Creed, the film focuses on the right of Rocky, Apollo rival film. In his career he has also appeared in The Shining, District 13: the brigades of death, Nobody Can Stop, Bound - Torbido
