Sylvester Stallone and Sage Stallone in the MGM/UA film “Rocky V” in 1990. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Sage Stallone left a huge void in the life of Sylvester Stallone when he passed away at the young age of 36 in his apartment.
sage stallone always opted for a more discreet life in the cinema. He never had plans to dedicate himself entirely to acting, unlike his father, the famous actor Sylvester Stallone. He wanted to be a director. Even so, the young man was not deprived of having his opportunity in the cinema and he debuted as an actor in the film Rocky V. (1990) in which he appears as the son of the famous boxer. Sage’s life in the seventh art was not brilliant. Unfortunately, what is most remembered about him is his surprise and early death. This is how the events occurred.
Born on May 5, 1976, Sage was the son of Sylvester Stallone and his ex-wife. Sasha Czack. He studied at Montclair College School in California and then studied arts and film for a year at a university in North Carolina. He divorce of his parents in 1985 it turned his life upside down and caused a deep mark on his mind.
After acting in Rocky V. also did it in The Evil Inside Me from 1993, Demolition Man from 1994 and Daylight from 1996. However, he did not want to become a small version of his dad. He liked him better art cinema and wanted to move through this terrain to build your own career.
In 1996 he founded a film preservation company called Grindhouse Releasing. In it, he preserved, digitally restored and distributed cult films together with the publisher Bob Murawski.
His directorial debut came in 2006 with the drama vicwhich won an award at the Boston Film Festival.
Despite the fact that acting was not what he liked the most, Sage Stallone followed closely in the industry with participation in films such as Reflections of Evil (2002), chaos (2005) and Moscow Zero (2008). His last job as an actor was in 2010, in Promises Written in Water.
An irreparable loss in the Stallone bosom
The life of the Stallone family took a radical turn with the Sage’s death at age 36 in July 2012, inside his home in Studio City, Los Angeles. The autopsy indicated that the cause of death was a disease of the coronary arterycaused by atherosclerosis.
Upon her passing, Sylvester Stallone told CNN in July 2012 that he was devastated.
“Because when a father loses a child there is no greater pain. Therefore, I am imploring people to respect the memory of my wonderfully talented son and feel compassion for his loving mother Sasha, for this agonizing loss will be felt for the rest of our lives. Sage was our first child and the center of our universe and I humbly ask everyone to leave my son’s memory and soul alone.”
The family had not seen Sage for a week, and she was living independently by then. When she was found dead, she had been at least two days dead It was a neighbor who alerted the police, who went to the scene to verify the death.
About Sage it was said that he was a solitary person, that he frequented few people and that he rarely lived with his relatives. He was looking to make his own way and, apparently, his last name weighed on him.
Tribute
on the tape Creed: Heart of a Champion (2015), Stallone pays tribute to his son in one of the most moving scenes in the saga.
Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed, sees a portrait in which Rocky appears with a child, while Rocky tells him that his son has gone to live in Vancouver with his girlfriend: “He is happy, and I am happy for him”, he affirms with a certain air of nostalgia.
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