Sylvester Stallone REACTS to his death rumours that started from social media

Washington: Popular Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone on Monday slammed social media reports of his death while his younger brother Frank termed those spreading the hoax as "mentally deranged". "Please ignore the stupidity. Alive and well and happy and healthy...Still punching!" the 71-year-old Stallone, the hero of the popular "Rambo" and "Rocky" series, posted on his Twitter and Instagram handle.

Please ignore this stupidity… Alive and well and happy and healthy… Still punching!

A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on Feb 19, 2018 at 8:51am PST

BE STRONG STAND TALL. myself and my fellow cast members from the film the Lords of Flatbush having a little fun between takes! A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on Feb 19, 2018 at 11:52am PST

Terming the social media reports of his brother's death as rumours, Frank, 67, said in a video he posted on Instagram: "What kind of sick demented cruel mind things of things like this to post? People like this are mentally deranged and don't deserve a place in society." ALSO - Sylvester Stallone sends family to India perform ‘shraadh’ for dead son Sage

Sly death a total hoax, not funny not cool .

A post shared by Frank Stallone (@frank.stallone) on Feb 19, 2018 at 8:41am PST

This picture was posted of my brother by the low life who said he was dead. This photo is from the make up trailer on the set of Creed. Who raised these cretans anyway that they would find humor in someone’s passing? This person@rockybalboa should be thrown off social media and locked up! A post shared by Frank Stallone (@frank.stallone) on Feb 19, 2018 at 11:36am PST

ALSO - Sooraj Pancholi credits Sylvester Stallone for his ‘chiseled’ body with a selfie! Check Inside! Sylvester pointed out that the images purporting to show him suffering from an illness that made him lose his hair were likely from a scene he has filmed for one of films. There was a spate of social media posts on Monday claiming that the actor had died of cancer. This is not the first time that erronious messages of Sylvester's demise had flooded social media. In 2016, a British media news site had claimed he was dead, prompting him to upload a photo of himself with Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev on Instagram. Sylvester's last post on social media was made on Sunday to promote his new film "Creed II".