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  • Stallone Half-Sister Dies of Lung Cancer

    Despite the success of his latest movie, The Expendables 2, Sylvester Stallone has had quite a rocky couple of months. Back in July, Stallone’s son Sage was found dead at age 36. Meanwhile, his half-sister Toni-Ann Filiti has been battling stage 4 lung cancer and getting progressively worse.

    This week, Toni-Ann Filiti died from lung cancer. RadarOnline reports that she passed away on Sunday night. Apparently, Filiti was able to spend her last moments with family. Radar quotes an unnamed “insider” as saying she was taken from an intensive care unit in the UCLA Medical Center and moved to her mother’s home as her condition worsened.

    Filiti was only 48 , and the Radar insider called the death “somewhat expected.” Her mother, Jackie Stallone, stated a few weeks back that Filiti was “conscious and responsive sometimes, but not really.” Jackie was still hoping for a miracle, but working at the same time to bring Filiti home so she could be comfortable.

    The stress of the sickness and death in the Stallone family has, inevitably, led to tensions between family members. After the death of Sage, Filiti’s son Edd lashed out at his uncle, Sylvester, on Facebook, saying that Sage was depressed and could have used some contact from Sylvester. Edd later recanted his statements, telling the New York Post that he felt “raw and emotional,” and that even though he has his own issues with Sylvester, he should never have posted them to Facebook.

  • Sylvester Stallone: Family Faces More Tragedy

    As Sylvester Stallone copes with the loss of his son, Sage, who was found dead at his home last month, the family is coping with yet another tragedy as his sister battles for her life in a California hospital.

    48-year old Toni Ann Fillti, who is Stallone’s half-sister, is fighting stage 4 lung cancer. The disease has spread to her brain and liver, and Stallone’s mother, Jackie, says things aren’t looking good for her daughter. After so much recent loss, she’s hoping for a miracle to come help the family.

    “She is conscious and responsive sometimes, but not really,” Jackie said. “What we need is a miracle. I still believe there are miracles, it is the only thing that keeps you going. I always think some miracle will happen, and she will wake up and this is all a bad dream. I want her with us until the last hour. She looks beautiful lying there. But her condition is critical.”

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    Stallone has been with his wife and daughters in France recently on holiday, grieving the loss of Sage, but he appeared briefly during a premiere of his film “Expendables 2”. Co-star Randy Couture said the stars of the film have missed him while doing press junkets and promotional events, but are thinking about him during such a difficult time.

    “He is the leader of this group, both on-screen and off-screen. And so we miss him here,” Couture said. “But we understand. We’re parents. We have kids. We can’t really imagine what he’s going through now. But what do you say? … So we’re giving him space.”

    Jackie Stallone says she would like to bring her daughter home and the family is exploring alternative treatments to ease her pain. For now, she is at the UCLA Medical Center.