The 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone was found dead, leaving the actor grief-stricken, his publicist said.
Details surrounding the death of Sage Stallone were not immediately available.
“Sylvester Stallone is devastated and grief-stricken over the sudden loss of his son,” publicist Michelle Bega said in a statement.
“His compassion and thoughts are with Sage’s mother, Sasha.”
Los Angeles police said they were dispatched to investigate a death at a home on Mulholland Terrace but could not confirm the person’s identity or offer details.
Sage Moonblood Stallone was the oldest of Sylvester Stallone’s children and co-starred with his father in two films.
He was the first of two sons Stallone had with first wife Sasha Czack.
Sage Stallone made his acting debut in 1990’s Rocky V and also appeared with his father in 1996’s Daylight.
Man jailed for Obama death plot
A man from Uzbekistan was sentenced to more than 15 years in a US prison for plotting to kill President Barack Obama.
Ulugbek Kodirov had faced up to 30 years in prison.
Kodirov pleaded guilty in February to plotting to shoot Mr Obama as he campaigned for re-election.
Kodirov said he came up with the plan after communicating online with a man he believed to be a member of an Uzbek Islamic group.
Authorities in Birmingham, Alabama said Kodirov tried to buy a weapon, and the potential seller became a government informant.
His defence lawyer argued that the 22-year-old Kodirov has accepted responsibility for his actions and is trying to straighten out his life.
25 murder charges
The driver of a farm truck carrying fruit-pickers that was hit by a coal train has been charged with the murder of 25 workers who died in the accident in South Africa.
Police spokesman Col Leonard Hlathi said investigations suggested negligence by the 32-year-old driver as the train approached a level crossing in the eastern Mpumulanga province yesterday.
At least 25 others were injured as the truck was dragged 200 metres along the tracks.
Hot chair balloon
A US petrol station owner is preparing to fly a pair of lawn chairs suspended from helium-filled party balloons with an Iraqi adventurer by his side.
Kent Couch plans to lift off from his Shell station in Bend, Oregon, with Fareed Lafta, who contacted Couch after reading of his earlier exploits.
Volunteers will fill 350 five-foot party balloons with helium and tie them to the specially constructed tandem lawn chair rig.
Plane crashes in France
An aviation company says that three Americans who died when a private plane crashed in southern France were the plane’s crew.
Universal Jet Aviation said that it would not release the names of the dead until their families had been notified.
The three – two men, aged 60 and 24, and a 30-year-old woman – died in the crash while their plane was landing yesterday at Le Castellet airport.
Lion attack
A farmer is recovering after surviving a lion attack in the remote north west of Zimbabwe.
The Chronicle newspaper reported that a lioness pounced on farmer Joel Ngwenya near the Hwange nature reserve, goring his arms and upper body and leaving him unconscious. Lions had been preying on livestock in the district.