"It was just so cut and dry and unemotional" How did Stallone find out about Sage?
Ohmymag | 02.10.2026 17:21
Big icons sometimes live the most gut-wrenching stories. Sylvester Stallone, famously tough in his film roles, has gone candid about the heartbreaking way he learned that his eldest son, Sage, had died. The news did not come with comfort, but rather a cold phone call while Stallone was in the middle of working on a script. That day in 2012 changed everything. Sage’s life, lost at just 36 to coronary artery disease, still weighs heavily on Stallone, haunting him at moments when the past feels too close for comfort.
