Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at 71 years old. The blond and boisterous body-slammer who brought pro wrestling into the mainstream in the 1980s while becoming one of the most recognizable celebrities of his generation, died Thursday. He was 71.
Medics were dispatched to the WWE icon’s Clearwater, Florida home early Thursday morning … with operators stating it was regarding a “cardiac arrest.”
slew of police cars and EMTs were parked outside Hogan’s home … and he was carried on a stretcher and into an ambulance.
Cops tell us officials responded to the call at 9:51 AM … and Hogan was treated by Clearwater Fire & Rescue personnel before being taken to a nearby hospital, where he gave up the ghost.