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Hulk Hogan's cause of death was a heart
attack, medical examiner says
[August 01, 2025]
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KATE PAYNE
Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan 's death last week was caused by a
heart attack, according to a Florida medical examiner's report released
Thursday.
Hogan, 71, whose real name was Terry Bollea, previously had leukemia and
atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the report from the
District Six Medical Examiner said. |
In this April 3, 2005, file photo, Hulk Hogan fires up the crowd between
matches during WrestleMania 21 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson,
File) |
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To
honor the “Hulkster,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said, flags will be
flown at half-staff at all official buildings Friday, which he
declared “Hulk Hogan Day in Florida.”
“He was a true Floridian through and through,” the Republican
governor wrote in a memo Thursday.
Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital less than 90 minutes
after medics arrived at his home in Clearwater to answer a call
about a cardiac arrest on the morning of July 24, police said.
The report said the cause of death was "natural."
“He had been dealing with some health issues, but I truly
believed we would overcome them,” Hogan's wife Sky Daily posted
on Instagram.
“This loss is sudden and impossible to process,” she added. “To
the world, he was a legend… but to me, he was my Terry.”
Hogan was perhaps the biggest star in WWE’s long history, known
for both his larger-than-life personality and his in-ring
exploits. He was the main draw for the first WrestleMania in
1985 and was a fixture for years, facing everyone from Andre The
Giant and Randy Savage to The Rock and even WWE co-founder Vince
McMahon.
Hogan's daughter Brooke Bollea Oleksy, better known by her stage
name Brooke Hogan, memorialized her father in a recent social
media post.
“I am so grateful I knew the real version of him. Not just the
one the world viewed through a carefully curated lens,” she
wrote on Instagram.
Funeral plans have not yet been publicly announced.
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