Sylvester Stallone subject to sick death hoax following huge update on Creed 2 film

Trolls have made the disgusting claims about the elocky actor.

So here we are again, a rumour is once more sweeping the internet that Sylvester Stallone is dead. It comes 18 months after the first time.

The return of the hoax seems to have been initiated by the release of the new poster for his upcoming film Creed 2 yesterday.

Creed 2 is due out in US cinemas in November of this year and the actor / director shared an image of the promotional material to his Instagram yesterday:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfTuSRtjyt6/?utm_source=ig_embed

Following the announcement, RIP messages began to circulate online and some people began claiming Stallone  had died from prostate cancer. The rumours are believed to have began on Facebook.

This lead to mass confusion on social media:

https://twitter.com/httpmensa/status/965465916342521857

https://twitter.com/__Jaacquelyn__/status/965471745669922821

Sylvester Stallone is somehow dead on Facebook, but he's alive on Twitter… 🤷🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/CK6ObIOkbi

— Series ‘Baj (@Engr_Series) February 19, 2018

Facebook tells me Sylvester Stallone is dead, is this true?

— Silvester B* Tsheko (@STsheko) February 19, 2018

https://twitter.com/kevvie_geeSFC/status/965526716499353600

https://twitter.com/unfenty/status/965535839194202112

In case you’re wonder: no, he isn’t dead.