Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor from Rocky films, dies at 83

Burt Young died on October 8 in Los Angeles (Kevork Djansezian/AP)

Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, corner man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky franchise, has died aged 83.

Young died on October 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter Anne Morea Steingieser told the New York Times on Wednesday.