The legendary WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan, who handed away final week in Florida, died of a coronary heart assault, in accordance with a Florida medical expert’s report.
Hogan, 71, was pronounced useless in hospital lower than 90 minutes after medics arrived at his residence in Clearwater, Florida, in response to a name a few “cardiac arrest”.
The report launched on Thursday famous his dying was from a “natural” trigger and formally listed as “acute myocardial infarction”, a technical time period for a coronary heart assault.
In his honour, Florida governor Ron DeSantis mentioned flags might be flown at half-staff in any respect official buildings on Friday, which he declared “Hulk Hogan Day in Florida”.
The professional wrestling icon, whose actual identify was Terry Gene Bollea, beforehand had leukaemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular coronary heart rhythm, the report from the District Six Medical Examiner added.
Hogan was maybe the largest star in WWE’s lengthy historical past.
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Wrestler Hulk Hogan (R) headlocks WrestleMania champion John Cena. File pic: Reuters
He was recognized for each his larger-than-life persona, together with ripping shirts, not simply within the ring but in addition on the Republican Nationwide Conference.
Hogan was the principle draw for the first-ever WrestleMania in 1985 and was a fixture for years in its signature occasion.
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He confronted everybody from Andre The Big and Randy Savage to The Rock and even firm chairman Vince McMahon.
He claimed his first WWE world championship by defeating the Iron Sheik in 1984.
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Hulk Hogan and Ric Aptitude in 1990. Pic: AP
Hogan went on to win 5 extra world championships and was inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame in 2005 by Sylvester Stallone.
He appeared in quite a few motion pictures and tv reveals, together with his personal actuality sequence, and in 2024 endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid.
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Donald Trump and Hulk Hogan on the Republican Nationwide Conference in July 2024. Pic: Reuters
His dying prompted the US president to pay tribute in a Fact Social put up, writing that the “Hulkster” was “strong, tough, smart, but with the biggest heart”.
Among the many world of wrestling, WWE icon The Undertaker wrote on X that “the wrestling world has lost a true legend”, whereas former WWE wrestler Triple H mentioned Hogan was “the archetype of what it meant to be a ‘Superstar’ – a global sensation that inspired millions”.
Hogan was married thrice and had two kids.
His spouse Sky Day by day posted on Instagram that Hogan “had been dealing with some health issues, but I truly believed we would overcome them”.
“This loss is sudden and impossible to process,” she added. “To the world, he was a legend… but to me, he was my Terry.”
