The global wrestling legend, Hulk Hogan, died at the age of 71, Thursday morning, after suffering a heart attack inside his home in the city of Claireter, Florida, amid a great shock among international sports.
Surprising death details
According to the TMZ SPORTS website, ambulances and emergency teams rushed to Hogan’s house as soon as a report of a critical health condition was received, to be transferred directly to a hospital near a medical stretch, but attempts to save him did not find benefit. The Benilas Medical Fire Department confirmed that the heart attack was the direct cause of death.
His wife denied previous rumors weeks ago
The departure of Hogan came shortly after the spread of media reports that talked about his entry into a coma, which was rumors that his wife, Sky, rushed to deny at the time, confirming that “his heart is strong” and was in a recovery stage after a series of surgeries, including accurate surgery in the neck during last May.
An exceptional march in the history of wrestling
Hulk Hogan is one of the most prominent characters that reshaped the face of professional wrestling, as he contributed to removing the game from the scope of limited sport to the global entertainment space, and attracted his remarkable appearance and theatrical personality a wide fan base that included adults before the young.
Raded in the name of “Hollywood Hogan”
In 1996, Hogan took a dramatic path by changing his usual image to the “Hollywood Hogan” character, in conjunction with his founding of the NWO group known as “the new world order”, which strengthened his position as a prominent symbol in the culture of modern wrestling, and raising his popularity to new global levels.
He entered the celebrity hall and excludes his temporary
Hogan won the honoring of entering the WWE Hall in 2005, but his career witnessed a stumbling block in 2015 after the publication of an audio recording attributed to him that includes racist statements, which led to his exclusion from the celebrity list. However, in 2020 he returned within the NWO group, after his victory in a lawsuit against the Gawker website, which published the clip without his permission.
