On Sunday, Danny Trejo was forced to shut down viral rumors that he had died after allegedly suffering a stroke.
The rumors were amplified on Saturday by none other than the 81-year-old convict-turned-movie star’s former castmate John Leguizamo, who Instastoried ‘R.I.P.’ over a false August 19th report from Polonia News.
‘Thank you all for your concern but I am very much alive,’ Danny – who boasts 13.3M social media followers – wrote on Instagram.
‘Someone is spreading fake news.’
It’s been 22 years since Trejo guest-starred in an episode of the 65-year-old Emmy winner’s Nickelodeon sitcom, The Brothers García.
Coincidentally, the Echo Park native and John were both honored on August 22 at the 40th annual Imagen Awards in Beverly Hills, and the Latino-centered ceremony is set to air October 1 on PBS.
On Sunday, Danny Trejo was forced to shut down viral rumors that he had died after allegedly suffering a stroke (pictured August 22)
Danny won best variety/reality show for his History Channel series Mysteries Unearthed while Leguizamo – who did not attend – won best actor for his role in the film Bob Trevino Likes It.
Trejo has been very active over the past month, hosting a meet-and-greet and concert for his record label Trejo’s Music at the Regent Theater in LA on August 30.
The day before that, the Big City Greens actor took part in the 15th anniversary screening of Machete at Vidiots in LA alongside screenwriter Álvaro Rodríguez.
On August 23, Danny impressively celebrated 57 years of sobriety after previously serving time in and out of prisons like San Quentin, Folsom, and Soledad.
‘I feel blessed, first of all, because I wasn’t supposed to make it out of the ’60s — and I mean 1960s,’ Trejo told People last year.
‘That was a tough time for me, and nobody thought I was going to make it out of there. Now, I’ve been on the good Lord’s time.’
The prolific restaurateur continued: ‘Anytime somebody asks me did I ever imagine, I never imagined getting out of prison. The last thing I heard the parole board say in 1969 was, “Bring us back a life sentence. We’re sick and tired of you.”
‘I never went back. I mean, every day, every day for me is just a blessing.’
Trejo currently stars as the gun-wielding Jimmy in Victor Rios’ fentanyl crime thriller Wages of Sin, which just premiered last Friday VOD via Amazon Prime Video.
The rumors were amplified on Saturday by none other than the 81-year-old convict-turned-movie star’s former castmate John Leguizamo, who Instastoried ‘R.I.P.’ over a false August 19th report from Polonia News
‘Thank you all for your concern but I am very much alive,’ Danny – who boasts 13.3M social media followers – wrote on Instagram. ‘Someone is spreading fake news’
It’s been 22 years since Trejo guest-starred in an episode of the 65-year-old Emmy winner’s Nickelodeon sitcom, The Brothers García
Coincidentally, the Echo Park native and John were both honored on August 22 at the 40th annual Imagen Awards in Beverly Hills, and the Latino-centered ceremony is set to air October 1 on PBS
Danny has been very active over the past month, hosting a meet-and-greet and concert for his record label Trejo’s Music at the Regent Theater in LA on August 30
The day before that, Trejo took part in the 15th anniversary screening of Machete at Vidiots in LA alongside screenwriter Álvaro Rodríguez
On August 23, the Big City Greens actor impressively celebrated 57 years of sobriety after previously serving time in and out of prisons like San Quentin, Folsom, and Soledad (pictured with his two sons on November 28)
Danny is next scheduled to appear at the fourth annual horror convention Silver Scream Con in Worcester, MA on September 12-14.
On May 31, Trejo wrapped a mystery role on the Tucson, AZ set of Sally Shamrell’s indie movie, Choir Practice.
And the four-time divorcé has no less than 24 other upcoming acting projects in the works.
Danny certainly had a leg up in show business as the second cousin of Independent Spirit Award-winning filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez.
On the personal front, Trejo has three children – son Danny Jr., 44; son Gilbert, 37; and daughter Danielle, 35 – with babymamas Diana Walton and Maeve Crommie, whom he split from in 1983 and 1997.
