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“There has been no evidence to indicate the death of Terry
Bollea was anything other than natural,” the report said.
“Through the course of the investigation, there has been no
evidence to indicate any criminal wrongdoing related to his
death. This case will be closed, and will be considered solved,
non-criminal.”
According to the report, Hogan's wife, as well as a home health
aide and an occupational therapist, were all with Hogan at his
home when he stopped breathing. His wife, Sky Daily Hogan,
called 911, and then the trio performed CPR on Hulk Hogan until
firefighters and paramedics arrived.
Family members told investigators that Hogan had been suffering
from multiple heath issues in the weeks before his death,
including leukemia, an irregular hearth rhythm, pneumonia and
kidney failure. He had also undergone many hospitalizations and
surgeries in the years before his death.
Early statements made by the occupational therapist to police
led to speculation that Hogan's death was related to damage done
to his phrenic nerve during a recent surgery. But the
occupational therapist later said that he was still rattled from
performing CPR and was speaking out of turn.
The local medical examiner had concluded Hogan died from a heart
attack and declined to perform a full autopsy. A private autopsy
paid for by the family backed up the initial assessment, finding
“no reasonable traumatic or terminal toxicologic contributions.”
Hogan was perhaps the biggest star in WWE’s long history, known
for both his larger-than-life personality and his wrestling
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 won at least six WWE championships and was inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2005 and reinstated there in 2018. He had
been removed from the Hall of Fame in 2015 after he was recorded
making racial slurs against Black people, for which he
apologized.
A well-attended but private funeral service was held several
weeks after Hogan's death at a church in Largo, Florida.
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