Sylvester Stallone refutes rumours of his death, says 'Alive, healthy and still punching'

No, Sly Stallone is not dead. Fans of the actor fell prey to yet another death hoax news on Monday as news of Sylvester Stallone's death started doing the rounds of the internet.

Stallone and his brother Frank, both denounced the reports. Stallone took to his social media pages to assure his fans that he is fine. "Please ignore the stupidity. Alive and well and happy and healthy...Still punching!" the 71-year-old Stallone, the hero of the popular Ramboand Rockyseries, posted on his Twitter handle.

Terming the social media reports of his brother`s death as rumours, Frank, 67, said: "What kind of sick demented cruel mind things of things like this to post? People like this are mentally deranged and don`t deserve a place in society."

Sylvester pointed out that the images purporting to show him suffering from an illness that made him lose his hair were likely from a scene he has filmed for one of the films.

The news had claimed that Stallone had died of cancer.

This is not the first time that erroneous messages of Sylvester`s demise had flooded social media. In 2016, a British media news site had claimed he was dead, prompting him to upload a photo of himself with Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev on Instagram.

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