Results In: Sage Died from Heart Disease

On August 30, 2012, the news broke that Sage Stallone died from a heart attack and that he suffered from heart disease.  While this is a tragedy, the fact that many people/sites jumped to the conclusion that illegal drugs were involved only made the situation worse.

I am glad that many sites did follow up with the results that Sage was not involved in drugs and that they didn’t contribute to his death.

Here’s Frank Stallone’s message about the situation.

RIP Sage Stallone. – Craig

Sly, Jen, the Girls & Frank @ Expendables 2 Premiere

Cast member Sylvester Stallone arrives with his wife Jennifer Flavin and their daughters Sophia (L), Sistine (2nd L), Scarlet and his brother Frank (R) at the premiere of “The Expendables 2” at the Grauman’s Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California August 15, 2012. The movie opens in the U.S. on August 17. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Sage and Frank

File photo shows Sylvester Stallone’s son Sage (L) and younger brother Frank (R) at a movie premiere in California in 2006. The 36-year-old Sage was found dead at his Hollywood home by a housemaid, according to local media. (AFP Photo/Frazer Harrison)

From Yahoo! News, July 14, 2012

Frank Stallone & His Type of KO

On March 1, 2012, the Winnipeg Free Press ran a piece by Rob Williams titled: “This Stallone Prefers to Deliver KO Punch with His Music.”  The article (which is a good one) is, of course, about Frank Stallone.  Here are some tidbits:

  • On focusing on films over music: “I’ve got to say I’m regretful in a sense. I put my music on hold for a bit and started doing a lot of movies then people forgot I was a musician, which bothers me.”
  • On his agents: “…I always had bad management and bad agents… You know how you have people who can make something little into something big? I had people who made something big into something little.”
  • “All of the sudden you’re Rocky’s brother.  At first it was, ‘How’s your brother?’ Now it’s every other person: ‘How’s Rocky?’ It’s not even your brother anymore, it’s Rocky… You kind of disappear, which I wasn’t used to because I was the frontman in rock bands.”
  • “My brother, as famous as he is, would give up almost everything if he could sing. He’s the most frustrated singer in the world.

On March 3, 2012, “Sly’s Little Brother Takes Over the City” by Maureen Scurfield ran in the Winnipeg Free Press.