American star Sylvester Stallone faced a difficult day after learning that his mother, Jackie Stallone, had passed away. She was known as an astrologer and as a promoter of the women’s wrestling organization GLOW, helping bring women’s wrestling to major television audiences.
Jackie Stallone, mother of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, a television personality and well-known astrologer, died on Monday at the age of 98, according to the BBC, as cited by Agerpres.
Jackie, an eccentric woman with a strong personality who became known as an astrologer and promoter of women’s wrestling, “died in her sleep, as she had wished,” her youngest son, singer Frank Stallone, revealed in a social media post.
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Jackie Stallone, mother of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, a television personality and renowned astrologer, died on Monday at the age of 98, according to the BBC, as cited by Agerpres.
Jackie, an eccentric and flamboyant woman with a strong personality, “died in her sleep, as she had wished,” her youngest son, singer Frank Stallone, said in a post on social media.
“She was a remarkable person. It was hard not to like her; she was very eccentric and flamboyant. Her mind was as sharp as a razor until the day she died,” he added.
Jackie, whose full name was Jacqueline Frances Labofish, was born on November 29, 1921. At the age of 15, she ran away from her home in Washington to join a circus troupe.
“My father, who was a wealthy lawyer, wanted me to study law, but I wanted to be on stage,” she recalled in a 2005 interview with The Times.
Jackie worked as a trapeze artist for two years before becoming a chorus singer in Broadway productions.
She married her first husband, Frank Stallone Sr., a hairdresser and occasional actor, in 1945. They remained together for 12 years and had two sons: actor Sylvester Stallone and musician Frank Stallone.
Jackie also had a daughter, Toni D’Alto, during her second marriage to Anthony Filiti. Toni D’Alto died of cancer in 2012 at the age of 48.
A longtime supporter of women’s fitness
Jackie opened a women-only gym called Barbarella’s in the 1950s and later presented fitness exercises on a local television program in Washington.
During the 1980s, she appeared in and promoted GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling), which helped bring women’s wrestling to wider television audiences. The organization later inspired the Netflix series “GLOW,” starring Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin.
While her son Sylvester became a Hollywood superstar through films such as the “Rocky” and “Rambo” franchises, Jackie remained relatively outside the spotlight for some time. She eventually became a celebrity in her own right during the 1990s, largely because of her lifelong interest in astrology.
In 1989, she published the book “Star Power: An Astrological Guide to Supersuccess” and began making regular television appearances as an astrologer and psychic.
She later launched a psychic hotline and claimed to have coined the term “rumpology,” referring to a form of fortune-telling based on interpreting the lines and shapes of a person’s buttocks.
She married her third husband, Stephen Devine, in 1998. For much of their marriage, however, the couple chose to live in separate homes about 10 miles (16 kilometers) apart.
“He would rather we lived together, but I had already done that for 20 years with my first two husbands, and it didn’t work,” she explained.
In 2005, Jackie Stallone became part of a memorable moment on the British version of “Celebrity Big Brother” when she entered the house as a surprise guest.
Her arrival shocked her former daughter-in-law, Brigitte Nielsen, with whom Jackie had a strained relationship.
Jackie remained active well into her 90s, practicing weightlifting and trapeze exercises. She also underwent several cosmetic procedures in an effort to counter the effects of aging, something she later said she regretted.
“I’ve actually had too much done. I look like I’ve got a mouth full of nuts… I feel like I look like a chipmunk,” she said in a 2013 interview with Reveal magazine.American star Sylvester Stallone faced a difficult day after learning that his mother, Jackie Stallone, had passed away. She was known as an astrologer and as a promoter of the women’s wrestling organization GLOW, helping bring women’s wrestling to major television audiences.
Jackie Stallone, mother of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, a television personality and well-known astrologer, died on Monday at the age of 98, according to the BBC, as cited by Agerpres.
Jackie, an eccentric woman with a strong personality who became known as an astrologer and promoter of women’s wrestling, “died in her sleep, as she had wished,” her youngest son, singer Frank Stallone, revealed in a social media post.
From the article
Jackie Stallone, mother of Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone, a television personality and renowned astrologer, died on Monday at the age of 98, according to the BBC, as cited by Agerpres.
Jackie, an eccentric and flamboyant woman with a strong personality, “died in her sleep, as she had wished,” her youngest son, singer Frank Stallone, said in a post on social media.
“She was a remarkable person. It was hard not to like her; she was very eccentric and flamboyant. Her mind was as sharp as a razor until the day she died,” he added.
Jackie, whose full name was Jacqueline Frances Labofish, was born on November 29, 1921. At the age of 15, she ran away from her home in Washington to join a circus troupe.
“My father, who was a wealthy lawyer, wanted me to study law, but I wanted to be on stage,” she recalled in a 2005 interview with The Times.
Jackie worked as a trapeze artist for two years before becoming a chorus singer in Broadway productions.
She married her first husband, Frank Stallone Sr., a hairdresser and occasional actor, in 1945. They remained together for 12 years and had two sons: actor Sylvester Stallone and musician Frank Stallone.
Jackie also had a daughter, Toni D’Alto, during her second marriage to Anthony Filiti. Toni D’Alto died of cancer in 2012 at the age of 48.
A longtime supporter of women’s fitness
Jackie opened a women-only gym called Barbarella’s in the 1950s and later presented fitness exercises on a local television program in Washington.
During the 1980s, she appeared in and promoted GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling), which helped bring women’s wrestling to wider television audiences. The organization later inspired the Netflix series “GLOW,” starring Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin.
While her son Sylvester became a Hollywood superstar through films such as the “Rocky” and “Rambo” franchises, Jackie remained relatively outside the spotlight for some time. She eventually became a celebrity in her own right during the 1990s, largely because of her lifelong interest in astrology.
In 1989, she published the book “Star Power: An Astrological Guide to Supersuccess” and began making regular television appearances as an astrologer and psychic.
She later launched a psychic hotline and claimed to have coined the term “rumpology,” referring to a form of fortune-telling based on interpreting the lines and shapes of a person’s buttocks.
She married her third husband, Stephen Devine, in 1998. For much of their marriage, however, the couple chose to live in separate homes about 10 miles (16 kilometers) apart.
“He would rather we lived together, but I had already done that for 20 years with my first two husbands, and it didn’t work,” she explained.
In 2005, Jackie Stallone became part of a memorable moment on the British version of “Celebrity Big Brother” when she entered the house as a surprise guest.
Her arrival shocked her former daughter-in-law, Brigitte Nielsen, with whom Jackie had a strained relationship.
Jackie remained active well into her 90s, practicing weightlifting and trapeze exercises. She also underwent several cosmetic procedures in an effort to counter the effects of aging, something she later said she regretted.
“I’ve actually had too much done. I look like I’ve got a mouth full of nuts… I feel like I look like a chipmunk,” she said in a 2013 interview with Reveal magazine.