Former WWE wrestling star Hulk Hogan‘s explanation for demise has been revealed, one week after his demise at age 71.
Hogan, whose actual identify was Terry Gene Bollea, died July 24 of acute myocardial infarction, generally often called a coronary heart assault, in keeping with a duplicate of Hogan’s cremation report obtained by ABC Information by the Pinellas County Forensic Science Middle.
Hogan’s demise was licensed by his major care doctor. The report notes that the wrestling icon additionally had a historical past of atrial fibrillation and continual lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, a most cancers of the blood and bone marrow, according to the Nationwide Most cancers Institute.
Acute myocardial infarction is a results of the guts muscle not getting sufficient blood, and is usually attributable to coronary artery illness, according to the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
After Hogan’s demise, his spouse Sky Day by day wrote on social media that the previous wrestling star had well being issues, however didn’t specify additional.
“He had been coping with some well being points, however I actually believed we might overcome them. I had a lot religion in his power. I assumed we nonetheless had extra time,” Day by day wrote in a July 25 submit. “This loss is sudden and unimaginable to course of. To the world, he was a legend… however to me, he was my Terry. The person I cherished. My companion. My coronary heart.”
Hulk Hogan, whose given identify is Terry Bollea, waits within the courtroom throughout a break in his trial towards Gawker Media in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 9, 2016.
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Emergency officers in Hogan’s hometown of Clearwater, Florida, responded to a name for cardiac arrest simply earlier than 10 a.m. on July 24 and took Hogan to Morton Plant Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, in keeping with police.
The wrestling icon’s demise was confirmed by police in Clearwater and World Wrestling Leisure.
“WWE is saddened to be taught WWE Corridor of Famer Hulk Hogan has handed away,” the corporate mentioned in a July 24 assertion. “One of popular culture’s most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE obtain world recognition within the Nineteen Eighties. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s household, pals, and followers.”
Hogan’s household additionally shared an announcement after his demise, writing on social media, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart and deep disappointment that we affirm we’ve got misplaced a legend.”
“Might all of us take solace within the fantastic recollections he left behind for the tens of millions of followers worldwide whose lives he touched for greater than 4 many years,” the assertion continued.
Hogan started his skilled wrestling profession in 1977 and featured prominently within the World Wrestling Federation (now often called WWE), World Championship Wrestling and Influence Wrestling.
By his run with WWE, Hogan is broadly credited for serving to to show skilled wrestling from a regional attraction to a mainstream phenomenon within the Nineteen Eighties.
Along with his spouse, whom he wed in 2023, Hogan is survived by two kids, daughter Brooke and a son Nick.
