Sage Stallone died in 1976.
 Stallone's funeral was held on July 21 at St
 Stallone subsequently found gradual work as an extra or side character in films with a sizable budget until he achieved his greatest critical and commercial success as an actor and screenwriter, starting in 1976 with his role as boxer Rocky Balboa, in the first film of the successful Rocky series (1976-2023), for which he also wrote the screenplays

