Retired WWE legend and ‘80s icon Terry Gene Bollea a.k.a. Hulk Hogan has died at 71.
The wrestling icon’s family confirmed with US Weekly that the entertainment star and athlete passed away earlier today. TMZ Sports, which was first to report the news, said that medics were called to his Clearwater, Florida home this morning. Audio from operators at the time signals the call was related to “cardiac arrest,” but a formal cause of death has not been revealed.
TMZ says it understands that police vehicles and EMTs were parked outside of Hogan’s residence and that the former wrestler was carried onto a stretcher and into an ambulance.
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