"He died peacefully in ... he and Stallone rehearsed fight scenes for several weeks in a boxing gym. In the climactic battle at the end of the first movie, Apollo Creed won a 15-round split ...

playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Predator" and teaching golf in "Happy Gilmore," has died. He was 76. Matt Luber ...

US actor Carl Weathers has died at the age of 76, according to his family. Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films, "died peacefully in his sleep", according to a ...