{"id":9783,"date":"2025-03-28T04:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2025-03-28T04:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:26:03","slug":"sylvester-stallones-1st-wife-pleaded-with-their-son-to-skip-dental-surgery-weeks-before-his-death-in-2012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9783","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester Stallone\u2019s 1st wife pleaded with their son to skip dental surgery weeks before his death in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s simply nothing worse in life than losing a child, and this no matter what the child\u2019s age \u2013 whether not yet born or a grown adult.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"csjfa69f5eb11e1b81\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.csjfa69f5eb11e1b81 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.csjfa69f5eb11e1b81 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.csjfa69f5eb11e1b81 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.csjfa69f5eb11e1b81 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.csjfa69f5eb11e1b81 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Sylvester Stallone can attest to this first hand \u2013 it\u2019s no secret that the legendary Hollywood actor tragically lost his first-born, Sage Stallone, in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s perhaps less well known is the fact that Stallone\u2019s ex-wife and Sage\u2019s mom, Sasha Czack, had insisted that Sage avoid undergoing a major dental surgery just weeks before he died.<\/p>\n<p>Before the official cause of Sage\u2019s sudden and untimely death became known, theories were abound \u2013 people suspected everything from drugs, to alcohol, to suicide. But the truth would ultimately be more heartbreaking than anyone could have imagined.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tough-childhood-tough-adulthood\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tough Childhood, Tough Adulthood<\/h2>\n<p>Experiencing the loss of a child is an unspeakable predicament. But Sylvester \u201cRocky Balboa\u201d Stallone unfortunately had it tough even before the unfathomable loss of his son, who died at just 36 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, Stallone\u2019s actual life had a lot in common with the legendary Rocky Balboa character that rendered him one of Hollywood\u2019s most popular actors.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was forced to grow up tough, Sylvester was born tough. Greeting life was no easy feat, and he came out fighting. A problem during his delivery led to one of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickiswift.com\/162514\/sylvester-stallones-tragic-real-life-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">facial nerves being severed<\/a>, paralyzing a part of his tongue and chin.<\/p>\n<p>This precise accident and its outcome is in fact what has led to Stallone\u2019s trademark snarl, which one might say in many ways contributed to his popularity as a public figure \u2013 but as a child, the impact was far from positive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook wp-block-embed-facebook\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\/photos\/a.245021229220702\/563027050753450\/?type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\/photos\/a.245021229220702\/563027050753450\/?type=3\"><p>Oh no! It&#8217;s BIRTHDAY time again! Thank goodness you only have to be as old as you feel! Hey, It&#8217;s OK to grow up, as long as you never give up \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\/photos\/a.245021229220702\/563027050753450\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thursday, July 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stallone was heavily bullied for his disfigurement, and he has reported feeling like \u201cMr. Potato Head\u201d with parts of his face in the wrong place. To make matters worse, Stallone did not have a safe place to come home to: his father was abusive and his mother cold, only \u201ckissing him twice\u201d throughout his entire childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this produced a rather unstable kid out of Stallone. He frequently got himself into trouble. By the time he was 12 years old, he\u2019d already been kicked out of 13 schools and broken 11 bones for a variety of reasons, such as jumping off a roof with an umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>Stallone\u2019s path eventually led him towards bodybuilding, and then acting. Before reaching his incredible fame, Stallone spent years barely surviving. He has spoken about experiencing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/family\/high-school-student-graduates-despite-losing-parents-and-home\/\">homelessness<\/a>, sleeping at the Port Authority in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>During those tough times, he braved the harsh New York winters with just one coat. Reflecting on its importance in an interview, he shared, \u201dThat coat saved my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things took a drastic turn for the good after he was cast in the first of the Rocky series in 1976.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-from-rags-to-riches\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Rags to Riches<\/h2>\n<p>Not long before Stallone met fame and fortune, he met and married his first wife, photographer and director\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/sylvester-stallones-family-get-to-know-the-actors-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sasha Czack<\/a>. Together they had two sons, Sage, born in 1976 and Seargeoh, in 1979.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/faa22fd5e788e060d72006921cbb3398.jpg?width=755&amp;height=1024&amp;width=755&amp;height=1024\" alt=\"Sylvester and Sage Stallone on September 10, 1990 at Hanson Galleries in Beverly Hills, California | Photo: Getty Images \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sylvester and Czack split in 1985 and later that same year, he married model and actress Brigitte Nielsen. That relationship would also unfortunately fail, and they divorced just two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Third time\u2019s a charm, as they say, and in 1997, Stallone married model and entrepreneur Jennifer Flavin, with whom he is still married and shares three daughters: Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet Stallone.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-an-untimely-death\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">An\u00a0<strong>Untimely Death<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Stallone\u2019s life, one might say, was therefore full of both highs and lows. But certainly no low could compare to the time he lost his first-born Sage.<\/p>\n<p>A film enthusiast and entrepreneur, Sage Stallone, also dabbled with acting throughout his short 36 years of life. He even appeared in a few movies alongside his dad, such as\u00a0<em>Rocky V<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Daylight<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTppmiwl0M4\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fnews%2Fsylvester-stallones-1st-wife-pleaded-with-their-son-to-skip-dental-surgery-weeks-before-his-death-in-2012%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawJTA6BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUL9ScDjUBBO-x_o6YB9K5pWKkDiEovK6vguBZ5urAS7RP6_8r#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2690%7D\" height=\"824\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sage was the founder of Grindhouse Releasing, which worked to remaster, restore, and preserve films.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, 2012, Sage was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/sage-stallones-mom-begged-surgery-weeks-death\/story?id=16797074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">discovered dead\u00a0<\/a>in his Los Angeles-area apartment by his housekeeper. Speculations about the possible cause of death began spreading almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>At first, there was some confusion around Sage\u2019s exact time of death, with some media outlets reporting that he may have been dead\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/sylvester-stallone-son-photos-posted-to-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">for a few days<\/a>\u00a0before he was found. This rumor was eventually refuted, with evidence surfacing of a final Facebook post shared just 17 hours before his body was discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Further rumors emerged, including one that claimed that Sage had a room stacked with liquor bottles. This in turn led to the theory that Sage\u2019s death was related to drug or alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/5ae1701595accc7b7e1da5c03208b305.jpg?width=800&amp;height=533&amp;width=800&amp;height=533\" alt=\"Sylvester and Sage Stallone filming &quot;Rocky V&quot; in 1990 | Photo: Getty Images \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sage\u2019s longtime friend and attorney\u00a0George Braunstein helped put these theories to rest. According to Braunstein, while Sage did smoke and consumed candy and soda, he didn\u2019t drink alcohol. Indeed the \u2018suspect\u2019 bottles in his room were simply Dr. Brown\u2019s Cream Soda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSage was a really young, very sensitive, and very talented kid. There has been no indication that there was anything wrong in his life,\u201d Braunstein\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/sylvester-stallone-son-photos-posted-to-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>, adding that Sage never had any serious health problems or a history of drug or alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/05\/20140649\/sly12-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/05\/20140649\/sly12-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/05\/20140649\/sly12-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/05\/20140649\/sly12-412x216.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/05\/20140649\/sly12.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s simply nothing worse in life than losing a child, and this no matter what the child\u2019s age \u2013 whether not yet born or a grown adult.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sylvester Stallone can attest to this first hand \u2013 it\u2019s no secret that the legendary Hollywood actor tragically lost his first-born, Sage Stallone, in 2012.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-cd31400296fd627041beb60082870e28\" class=\"newsner-cd31400296fd627041beb60082870e28 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-59311127\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" 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But Sylvester \u201cRocky Balboa\u201d Stallone unfortunately had it tough even before the unfathomable loss of his son, who died at just 36 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, Stallone\u2019s actual life had a lot in common with the legendary Rocky Balboa character that rendered him one of Hollywood\u2019s most popular actors.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was forced to grow up tough, Sylvester was born tough. Greeting life was no easy feat, and he came out fighting. A problem during his delivery led to one of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickiswift.com\/162514\/sylvester-stallones-tragic-real-life-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">facial nerves being severed<\/a>, paralyzing a part of his tongue and chin.<\/p>\n<p>This precise accident and its outcome is in fact what has led to Stallone\u2019s trademark snarl, which one might say in many ways contributed to his popularity as a public figure \u2013 but as a child, the impact was far from positive.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1138970364\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_101596_1\" class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CMf1lof3q4wDFeXm_QUd8-UNYQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_0\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-0abb8622bef372f30dc3fd15bd0cba8e\" class=\"newsner-0abb8622bef372f30dc3fd15bd0cba8e newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook wp-block-embed-facebook\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\/photos\/a.245021229220702\/563027050753450\/?type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\/photos\/a.245021229220702\/563027050753450\/?type=3\"><p>Oh no! It&#8217;s BIRTHDAY time again! Thank goodness you only have to be as old as you feel! Hey, It&#8217;s OK to grow up, as long as you never give up \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SylvesterStallone\/photos\/a.245021229220702\/563027050753450\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thursday, July 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stallone was heavily bullied for his disfigurement, and he has reported feeling like \u201cMr. Potato Head\u201d with parts of his face in the wrong place. To make matters worse, Stallone did not have a safe place to come home to: his father was abusive and his mother cold, only \u201ckissing him twice\u201d throughout his entire childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this produced a rather unstable kid out of Stallone. He frequently got himself into trouble. By the time he was 12 years old, he\u2019d already been kicked out of 13 schools and broken 11 bones for a variety of reasons, such as jumping off a roof with an umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>Stallone\u2019s path eventually led him towards bodybuilding, and then acting. Before reaching his incredible fame, Stallone spent years barely surviving. He has spoken about experiencing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/family\/high-school-student-graduates-despite-losing-parents-and-home\/\">homelessness<\/a>, sleeping at the Port Authority in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>During those tough times, he braved the harsh New York winters with just one coat. Reflecting on its importance in an interview, he shared, \u201dThat coat saved my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things took a drastic turn for the good after he was cast in the first of the Rocky series in 1976.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-from-rags-to-riches\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Rags to Riches<\/h2>\n<p>Not long before Stallone met fame and fortune, he met and married his first wife, photographer and director\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/sylvester-stallones-family-get-to-know-the-actors-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sasha Czack<\/a>. Together they had two sons, Sage, born in 1976 and Seargeoh, in 1979.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/faa22fd5e788e060d72006921cbb3398.jpg?width=755&amp;height=1024&amp;width=755&amp;height=1024\" alt=\"Sylvester and Sage Stallone on September 10, 1990 at Hanson Galleries in Beverly Hills, California | Photo: Getty Images \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sylvester and Czack split in 1985 and later that same year, he married model and actress Brigitte Nielsen. That relationship would also unfortunately fail, and they divorced just two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Third time\u2019s a charm, as they say, and in 1997, Stallone married model and entrepreneur Jennifer Flavin, with whom he is still married and shares three daughters: Sophia, Sistine, and Scarlet Stallone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1387144596\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_101596_2\" class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CJrxxJX3q4wDFdPSuAgdqp4kSg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_1__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-2c042c8b4bdf61f3161426652ff746b4\" class=\"newsner-2c042c8b4bdf61f3161426652ff746b4 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-an-untimely-death\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">An\u00a0<strong>Untimely Death<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Stallone\u2019s life, one might say, was therefore full of both highs and lows. But certainly no low could compare to the time he lost his first-born Sage.<\/p>\n<p>A film enthusiast and entrepreneur, Sage Stallone, also dabbled with acting throughout his short 36 years of life. He even appeared in a few movies alongside his dad, such as\u00a0<em>Rocky V<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Daylight<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTppmiwl0M4\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fnews%2Fsylvester-stallones-1st-wife-pleaded-with-their-son-to-skip-dental-surgery-weeks-before-his-death-in-2012%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawJTA6BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUL9ScDjUBBO-x_o6YB9K5pWKkDiEovK6vguBZ5urAS7RP6_8r#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2690%7D\" height=\"824\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sage was the founder of Grindhouse Releasing, which worked to remaster, restore, and preserve films.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, 2012, Sage was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/sage-stallones-mom-begged-surgery-weeks-death\/story?id=16797074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">discovered dead\u00a0<\/a>in his Los Angeles-area apartment by his housekeeper. Speculations about the possible cause of death began spreading almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>At first, there was some confusion around Sage\u2019s exact time of death, with some media outlets reporting that he may have been dead\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/sylvester-stallone-son-photos-posted-to-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">for a few days<\/a>\u00a0before he was found. This rumor was eventually refuted, with evidence surfacing of a final Facebook post shared just 17 hours before his body was discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Further rumors emerged, including one that claimed that Sage had a room stacked with liquor bottles. This in turn led to the theory that Sage\u2019s death was related to drug or alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/5ae1701595accc7b7e1da5c03208b305.jpg?width=800&amp;height=533&amp;width=800&amp;height=533\" alt=\"Sylvester and Sage Stallone filming &quot;Rocky V&quot; in 1990 | Photo: Getty Images \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sage\u2019s longtime friend and attorney\u00a0George Braunstein helped put these theories to rest. According to Braunstein, while Sage did smoke and consumed candy and soda, he didn\u2019t drink alcohol. Indeed the \u2018suspect\u2019 bottles in his room were simply Dr. Brown\u2019s Cream Soda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSage was a really young, very sensitive, and very talented kid. There has been no indication that there was anything wrong in his life,\u201d Braunstein\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/sylvester-stallone-son-photos-posted-to-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>, adding that Sage never had any serious health problems or a history of drug or alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-903416549\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_101596_3\" class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CMqI3pj3q4wDFe7UuAgd0jc9YQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-1e6e537bbe604c0984df766063cc1653\" class=\"newsner-1e6e537bbe604c0984df766063cc1653 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/8e8f05701dcef1c4fe70cd0fb09f8795.jpg?width=666&amp;height=1024&amp;width=666&amp;height=1024\" alt=\"Sage Stallone at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California in 1994 | Photo: Getty Images \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sage Stallone at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California in 1994 | Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Suicide, yet another rumor that was circulating around Sage\u2019s mysterious death, was also finally ruled out as a possibility. No\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/sage-stallones-mom-begged-surgery-weeks-death\/story?id=16797074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">suicide note<\/a>\u00a0was ever found, not to mention that the young man was preparing to marry his longtime girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was very creative, energetic and very full of life,\u201d Braunstein\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/330239\/sage-stallone-s-attorney-speaks-out-sage-wasn-t-anyone-trying-to-take-his-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">told<\/a>\u00a0E! News. \u201cThere was nothing dark or depressing, no problems, certainly no financial problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=225882738824204288&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Fsylvester-stallones-1st-wife-pleaded-with-their-son-to-skip-dental-surgery-weeks-before-his-death-in-2012%2F&amp;sessionId=9852204f3d272e1c0addd933464c9326dc95118f&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"225882738824204288\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe final cause of death has been deferred for additional testing,\u201d the coroner\u2019s office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/330417\/sage-stallone-tragedy-sylvester-stallone-opens-up-about-agonizing-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cNo results will be released until testing is complete\u2014six to eight weeks minimum. LAPD has requested a security hold on further details related to the death.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-a-father-s-grief\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Father\u2019s Grief<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As rumors circulated around Sage\u2019s death, Stallone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/330417\/sage-stallone-tragedy-sylvester-stallone-opens-up-about-agonizing-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">requested respect and privacy<\/a>\u00a0for the family, adding that there is no greater pain for a parent than the loss of their child.<\/p>\n<p>He asked the public to remember Sage with fondness and to stand in empathy with him and his ex-wife, Czack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am imploring people to respect my wonderfully talented son\u2019s memory and feel compassion for his loving mother Sasha, because this agonizing loss will be felt for the rest of our lives,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/330417\/sage-stallone-tragedy-sylvester-stallone-opens-up-about-agonizing-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/abe07ffc8436d3a0fc834cc277e08dcf.jpg?width=800&amp;height=1095&amp;width=800&amp;height=1095\" alt=\"Sylvester Stallone on March 13, 2014 in New York City | Photo: Getty Images \" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sylvester Stallone on March 13, 2014 in New York City | Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stallone added that as his first born, Sage held a very precious place in his heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSage was our first child and the center of our universe and I am humbly begging for all to have my son\u2019s memory and soul left in peace,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/330417\/sage-stallone-tragedy-sylvester-stallone-opens-up-about-agonizing-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-truth-unveiled\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Truth Unveiled<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Eventually it was revealed that Sage had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/07\/17\/sly-kids-dental-torment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">undergone dental surgery<\/a>\u00a0two weeks before dying \u2013 despite his mother begging him not to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him not to do that. I\u2019ve heard about people dying having multiple procedures done to your mouth,\u201d she said. \u201cDo not have more than one tooth [pulled].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMXpAHoJeot\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fnews%2Fsylvester-stallones-1st-wife-pleaded-with-their-son-to-skip-dental-surgery-weeks-before-his-death-in-2012%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawJTA6BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUL9ScDjUBBO-x_o6YB9K5pWKkDiEovK6vguBZ5urAS7RP6_8r#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2692.5%7D\" height=\"1111\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Despite this, Sage went ahead and had five teeth removed. He subsequently took painkillers to ease his discomfort, Czack\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.amomama.com\/280659-sylvester-stallones-1st-wife-once-shared.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>. Two weeks later, he was dead.<\/p>\n<p>In late August 2012, the truth behind Sage\u2019s death was finally revealed: Autopsy reports confirmed that Sage died of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2012\/08\/30\/showbiz\/sage-stallone-death\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">atherosclerosis<\/a>, a hardening of the arteries, which brought on a heart attack.\u00a0The toxicology report showed there were traces of pain medication in his system, but no overdose had occurred.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-way-forward\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Way Forward<\/h2>\n<p>Stallone described the wait for the cause of death as a \u201cvery tough\u201d couple of weeks and a truly grief-stricken time.<\/p>\n<p>Stallone tried hard to get back into work to help alleviate his grief and get distracted as much as humanly possible.<\/p>\n<p>Today, with his second son and three beautiful daughters, he can stand proud and only hope time will continue to\u00a0help him heal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRmBw0TJIMp\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fnews%2Fsylvester-stallones-1st-wife-pleaded-with-their-son-to-skip-dental-surgery-weeks-before-his-death-in-2012%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawJTA6BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUL9ScDjUBBO-x_o6YB9K5pWKkDiEovK6vguBZ5urAS7RP6_8r#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2694.399999976158%7D\" height=\"830\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, the rest of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/sylvester-stallones-family-get-to-know-the-actors-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Stallone bunch<\/a>\u00a0are thriving. His second born, Seargeoh, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, has remained outside of the celebrity spotlight his entire life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-372487501\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_101596_5\" class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CNLkt6P3q4wDFTvauAgdojEZDg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s simply nothing worse in life than losing a child, and this no matter what the child\u2019s age \u2013 whether not yet born or a grown adult. Sylvester Stallone can attest to this first hand \u2013 it\u2019s no secret that the legendary Hollywood actor tragically lost his first-born, Sage Stallone, in 2012. 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