(L.A.) Carl Weathers, 76, Died From Natural Causes

Case Number: 2024-02057

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 76-year-old Black male that occurred at his residence.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Carl Weathers.

Manner of Death: Natural

Cause of Death: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

RIP CARL WEATHERS (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 12:14 a.m.

This is the actor Carl Weathers who had also been a linebacker in the NFL and CFL. He famously played the role of boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985).

Note that he apparently had died the night of February 1 (Thursday), though he wasn’t officially pronounced deceased by authorities until past midnight.

Also, the Department of Medical Examiner did not make public his death record until May 20.

The veteran actor’s family said in a statement:

“He died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, February 1st, 2024.”

The death certificate states that he died in his Venice, California, home on February 2 at 12:18 a.m., and his son, Matthew Weathers, was the person who notified authorities of his father’s death.

We do not know if the decedent was injected with synthetic mRNA.