Former WWE wrestling star Hulk HoganThe cause of death has been revealed, a week after his death at 71.
Hogan, whose real name was terry generates bowling, deceased July 24 of the acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as heart attack, according to a copy of the Hogan cremation report obtained by ABC News through the Pinellas County Forensic Sciences Center.
Hogan’s death was certified by his primary care doctor. The report indicates that the fighting icon also had a history of atrial fibrillation and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, a blood cancer and bone marrow, according The National Cancer Institute.
Acute myocardial infarction is the result that the heart muscle does not receive enough blood, and is commonly caused by coronary artery disease, according Centers for disease control and prevention.
After Hogan’s death, his wife Sky Daily wrote on social networks That the former wrestling star had health complications, but did not specify more.
“I had been dealing with some health problems, but I really thought we would overcome them. He had a lot of faith in his strength. I thought we still had more time,” Daily wrote in a publication on July 25. “This loss is sudden and impossible to process. For the world, he was a legend … but for me, he was my terry. The man who loved. My partner. My heart.”
Hulk Hogan, whose name is Terry Bollea, waits in the courtroom during a break against Gawker Media in St. Petersburg, Florida, March 9, 2016.
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Emergency officials in the hometown of Hogan, Clearwater, Florida, responded to a cardiac arrest call just before 10 am on July 24 and took Hogan to the Morton Plant hospital, where he was declared dead, according to the police.
The death of the wrestling icon was confirmed by the police in Clearwater and World Wrestling Entertainment.
“WWE saddens the member of the WWE Hall of Fame, Hulk Hogan, died,” the company said in a statement on July 24. “One of the most recognizable figures of pop culture, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s. WWE extends his condolences to the family, friends and fans of Hogan.”
Hogan’s family also shared a statement after his death, writing on social networks: “It is with a heavy heart and a deep sadness that we confirm that we have lost a legend.”
“That we all have comfort in the wonderful memories left for the millions of fans worldwide whose lives played for more than four decades,” the statement continued.
Hogan began his professional wrestling career in 1977 and appeared prominently in the World Fight Federation (now known as WWE), World Championship Wrestling and Impact Wrestling.
Through his career with WWE, Hogan is widely accredited for helping to convert the professional struggle of a regional attraction to a conventional phenomenon in the 1980s.
In addition to his wife, with whom he married in 2023, Hogan survives two children, his daughter Brooke and a Nick son.
