Fans were left shocked and upset on social media when the actor’s death was falsely reported.
Rocky star Sylvester Stallone is alive and well, following a sick death hoax which spread on social media over the weekend. While the actor has not referenced the hoax, he returned to Instagram on Saturday posting a fun pic of himself posing with champion boxer Sergey “Krusher"Kovzalev.
The hoax started on Saturday when a fake CNN news story began circulating online, causing fans to go into a meltdown on Twitter. The spam article spread quickly on Facebook, with it being shared on the pages of users after they had clicked on the link to read more.
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On Twitter anxious fans wondered if the story was true, or if 70-year-old Stallone was the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax. But on Saturday the actor proved he was alive and well by posting a photo with Sergey “Krusher”Kovzalev.
The fun photo showed the champion boxer pretending to punch the Rocky star. Stallone captioned the pic: ‘With the incredibly powerful unified light heavyweight champion, Sergey “Krusher”Kovzalev “… Whatever he hits, he destroys”@sergeykovalev…’
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Hours later the actor then shared a video from his outing to a Train gig, captioned: ‘Train was great tonight… That Man can sing!’ It’s not the first time Stallone has been the victim of a cruel death hoax. Two years ago a similar story spread online, saying the actor had been killed in a car accident.
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