Hollywood
Stallone's brother had to calm the situation down
Updated : Feb 19, 2018, 10:09 PM IST
After Mark Hamill's death hoax was the talk of the town last week, a new week has brought same fate for Rocky star Sylvester Stallone.
Bizzare claims surfaced on social media forcing Stallone's brother to clarify the situation.
On Monday, death hoax surfaced claiming 71-year-old actor died of prostate cancer.
Rambo star's fans became concern and 'Rest In Peace' messages started flooding social media.
Tweets were posted with questions like, 'Is Sylvester Stallone dead or is Facebook lying again?' while another added 'Okay but I just need to know did Sylvester Stallone really die???'
Okay but I just need to know did Sylvester Stallone really die???
— Sara (@Sara_Laaav) February 19, 2018
According to Facebook, Sylvester Stallone is late
— (@MasentleSiwela) February 19, 2018
How true is this y’all? pic.twitter.com/neTDhOmp2d
Later, a few smart cookies among them called out the false claims.
The actor's brother, Frank Stallone, later took to Twitter to blast the false claims.
'Rumors that my brother is dead are false. What kind of sick demented cruel mind thinks of things like this to post? People like this are mentally deranged and don’t deserve a place in society,' he wrote.
Rumors that my brother is dead are false. What kind of sick demented cruel mind thinks of things like this to post? People like this are mentally deranged and don’t deserve a place in society.@FoxNews @seanhannity @greggutfeld
— Frank Stallone (@Stallone) February 19, 2018
The Expendable actor hasn't responded to the hoax reports yet. But 18-months ago when such rumours were taking up the Internet by storm, Stallone had posted a photo on his Instagram account making fun of it all.
A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on
A lot of furious fans debunked the rumour and said, 'So the sick hoaxes have started again!! Silvester Stallone is NOT dead!'
Niggas on FB think Sylvester Stallone died... thats that shit I be talking about smh
— Ivan Ooze (@vuelo918) February 19, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: At the age of 71 beloved Actor Sylvester Stallone, woke up peacefully in his home this morning. #EndTheFakeNews pic.twitter.com/IbWzo4MFSH
— NAZ (@FCNazalona) February 19, 2018
Fake News spreading that Sylvester Stallone alias John Rambo is dead. Ignore any source spreading this. The movie star is much alive and working to release Creed 2. Long live Rambo! pic.twitter.com/2UIFRRRWT8
— It's Mirika (@MirikauFredrick) February 19, 2018
Stallone is currently working on the second instalment of Creed movie with Black Panther star Michael B Jorda, Dolph Lundgren and Florian Munteanu. He shared a fan-made poster of the same on Instagram on Sunday and fans went gaga over it.
Fight time ...FANPOSTER!!! Not official #creed 2 #healthylifestyle #rockybalboa1976
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In the movie, Rocky Balboa's (Sylvester Stallone) student, Adonis Creed (Michael B Jordan), will face off against Ivan Drago (Florian Munteanu) who is the son of Ivan Dragon (Dolph Lundgren).
Directed by Steven Caple Jr, the movie is scheduled to release on November 21, 2018