Hulk Hogan between matches throughout WrestleMania in Los Angeles in 2005.
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Hulk Hogan, one of many greatest stars {of professional} wrestling, has died. The police and hearth departments in Clearwater, Florida, put out a press release stating they responded to a medical name for a cardiac arrest this morning. Hogan was pronounced useless at an area hospital. He was 71 years previous.
Hogan, whose actual identify is Terry Bollea, was one of many earliest stars of World Wrestling Leisure and was the face of professional wrestling’s increase in recognition throughout the Nineteen Eighties.
In a submit on X, the WWE referred to as Hogan “one of popular culture’s most recognizable figures,” and credit him for serving to the model obtain world recognition.
He was so common, there was a reputation for his period of recognition – Hulkamania. Hogan parlayed that stardom into film roles, together with a memorable look in Rocky III.
Extra just lately, Hogan was a determine of right-wing politics. Throughout the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference, he spoke on stage, tearing off his shirt to disclose a Trump-Vance shirt, saying, “Let Trumpamania run wild, brother.”
Hogan additionally turned a significant determine within the media after the web site Gawker revealed a portion of a intercourse tape of Hogan in 2012. Funded by billionaire Peter Thiel, Hogan sued mum or dad firm Gawker Media. Hogan gained the lawsuit. A Florida jury awarded him $140 million, driving Gawker Media out of business.
