Sylvester Stallone Dead? Twitter Is Perplexed Over The Latest Death Hoax

Hollywood great Sylvester Stallone is alive and kicking, guys! So all Rambo and Rocky fans out there, don't find yourself perplexed with news that the 71-year old actor has met his makers thanks to prostate cancer.  This news has been taking social networking sites by storm for quite a few hours. (Also read: Oscars 2018 Nominations: Hollywood Celebs React to Their Academy Awards Nominations)

We don't know who started this rumour, but the details go like this - Sylvester Stallone died early in the morning after suffering long from prostate cancer that he has been keeping secret from his fans (who wouldn't!). Here are some of the tweets that were mourning over his 'loss',

So what made the people realise that Sly is very well alive? First it was his brother, Frank Stallone, who took to Twitter to announce that Sylvester has not succumbed to any kind of cancer.  He also blasted the rumour-mongers for spreading such lies.

Later the 'dead' man himself took to Twitter to let his fans know that he has no plans to call it quits and that he is still 'punching'. He posted it on his official Insta account,

So Twitter, stop killing off people who are alive, hale and hearty! Sylvester has to give us quite a few more Creed, Rambo and The Expendables movies.

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