Legendary WWE wrestler, Hulk Hogan, real name is Terry Gene Bollea, died at the age of 71 on Thursday morning.
Medical professionals were reportedly sent to Hogan’s home in Clearwater, Florida, early on Thursday morning, with operators saying that the emergency call was regarding a “cardiac arrest”.
Several police cars and EMTs were parked outside Hogan’s home, and the WWE icon was reportedly carried out on a stretcher into an ambulance.
Rubbished rumours
His passing comes just weeks after Hogan’s wife, Sky, rubbished rumours of the icon being in a coma.
She had said that her husband’s heart was “strong” as he recovered from surgeries.
Earlier this year, speculations were rife that the wrestling icon was on his deathbed.
However, sources close to Hulk Hogan reportedly assured that he was doing fine.
Rumours had started spreading as the star was hospitalised for some neck and back problems that he had been enduring for a long time. His representative had asserted that Hogan was not in a life-threatening condition.
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