Carl Weathers was the man. I remember loving his character in Predator and his horrific end. Yeah, he lost his arm. I also loved his starring role in the movie Action Jackson. I talked about it years ago in this blog. Weathers was in every genre.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: depending on which cut of the movie you watch, Carl shows up as an MP officer who threatens the main character. The Rocky movies: I could go on about his iconic Apollo character. He goes from rival to Rocky to close friend. It's a real shame his character dies in Rocky IV. During his time in the 2000s, he showed up in one of my favorite shows, The Shield. Plus, he played a recurring role in Arrested Development as himself.
The Derick "Chubbs" Peterson character from Happy Gilmore shows up in Little Nicky in the heave scene. It is a funny little cameo.
Anyway, Carl was a true pop-cultural legend. He died at the age of 76, and most of my pop-cultural heroes are passing away.
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