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Variety on Twitter: "#Rocky actor Tony Burton dies at 78 https://t.co/hTnlOCbcfu https://t.co/mAdoQzT0eN" / Twitter
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File. 26th Feb, 2016. TONY BURTON, the actor who played trainer Tony 'Duke' Evers in the 'Rocky' films, died Thursday, he was 78. Burton, who died in Sun City, California, had been
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