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Hulk Hogan, a scarf-wearing icon from the professional wrestling world, handed away on the age of 71, Florida Police Division and World Wrestling Leisure (WWE) stated Thursday.
In Clearwater, Florida, authorities responded to a name about cardiac arrest Thursday morning. Hogan was declared lifeless within the hospital, police stated in a Fb assertion.
Hogan, whose actual title was Terry Borea, was undoubtedly the largest begin in WWE’s lengthy historical past.
He was the primary WrestleMania main attract 1985, and was a fixture for years and years, from Andre’s Large and Randy Savage to Rock and even the chairman of the corporate Vince McMahon.
He received at the very least six WWE Championships and was inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame in 2005.
In 2016, Florida ju-degree awarded Hogan $115 million (€97 million) in a intercourse tape lawsuit in opposition to Gawker Media, including $25 million (€21 million) in punitive damages.
Hogan sued after Gawker posted a video of him having intercourse together with his ex-best good friend’s spouse in 2012. He claimed that the Put up violated his privateness.
Hogan was sporting black with a smile all through the three-week trial.
“Each time I present up, folks deal with me like I am nonetheless a champion,” he stated of assist from the followers.
In a submit on social media platform X, WWE stated it is unhappy to study Hogan’s demise.
“Probably the most well-known figures of popular culture, Hogan helped WWE grow to be globally acknowledged within the Nineteen Eighties. WWE is sympathetic to Hogan’s household, mates and followers.”
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