Hulk Hogan Passed Away!

MAGAland loses another one. Hulk Hogan has passed away.

Well irony.

I was a fan and grew up knowing he was an iconic wrestler, actor and media personality. I know a lot of Hulksters will mourn his loss.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Congress will react.

The World Wrestling Entertainment, Titan Sports, Total Knockout Media, Total Nonstop Action, All Elite Wrestling and World Boxing Association will react.

Terry Bollea, known professionally as Hulk "Hollywood" Hogan.

Hulk Hogan has passed away at the age of 71. He had a massive cardiac arrest.

Will there be a discount on his Real American Beer?

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Hogan was born in Augusta, Georgia, on August 11, 1953, the son of construction foreman Pietro "Peter" Bollea (December 6, 1913 – December 18, 2001) and homemaker and dance teacher Ruth V. (née Moody; 1922 – January 1, 2011). Bollea was of Italian, Panamanian, Scottish, and French descent;[19] his paternal grandfather also named Pietro was born in 1886 in Cigliano, Province of Vercelli.

Bollea had an older brother named Allan (1947–1986) who died at the age of 38 from a drug overdose. When he was one and a half years old, his family moved to Port Tampa, Florida. As a boy, he was a pitcher in Little League Baseball. Hogan attended Robinson High School.[23] He began watching professional wrestling at 16 years old. While in high school, he revered Dusty Rhodes, and he regularly attended cards at the Tampa Sportatorium. It was at one of those wrestling cards where he first noticed "Superstar" Billy Graham and began looking to him for inspiration; since he first saw Graham on TV, Hogan wanted to match his "inhuman" look.

He will be infamous for his racist rhetoric towards his daughter Brooke's boyfriend, former president Barack Obama, former vice president Kamala Harris and his Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater establishments treating Black patrons like crap.

His leaked racist tapes to his daughter got him kicked off the WWE.

He sued Gawker after they got a hold of a sex tape involving him having an affair on Linda with Bubba The Love Sponge's wife. Peter Thiel helped Hogan obtain the legal counsel to successfully sue Gawker for slander and invasion of privacy.

He was the commissioner for Real American Freestyle, and was signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Known for his flamboyance and massive physique, and his trademark blond horseshoe moustache and bandanas, Hogan was widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide, the most popular wrestler of the 1980s and one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

Hulk Hogan had a longtime friendship with Donald J. Trump.

The 71-year-old WWE Hall of Famer underwent neck surgery just before those rumors, according to his rep, and the procedure was successful.

Hogan is one of those credited with popularizing professional wrestling from a narrow cult phenomenon into family entertainment in the 1980s.

He also went from the ring to the big screen, appearing in movies starting with 1982’s “Rocky III” and many other films. He also appeared on the small screen in a VH1 reality series.

Hogan married Linda Claridge. They have a daughter Brooke (born May 5, 1988) and a son Nick (born July 27, 1990). Hogan made his personal life the centerpiece of the television show Hogan Knows Best, which included his wife and two children.

According to an interview in the National Enquirer, Christiane Plante claimed that Hogan had an affair with her in 2007 while the Hogan family was shooting Hogan Knows Best. Plante was 33 years old at the time and had worked with Brooke Hogan on her 2006 album.

On November 20, 2007, Linda filed for divorce in Pinellas County, Florida. In November 2008, Linda claimed to the public that she made the decision to end her marriage after finding out about Hogan's affair.

In his 2009 autobiography, Hogan acknowledged that Linda on numerous occasions suspected he was having infidelities whenever he developed friendships with other women, but denied allegations that he ever cheated on her. Hogan only retained around 30% of the couple's liquid assets totaling around $10 million in the divorce settlement. Hogan considered committing suicide after the divorce and credits Laila Ali, his co-star on American Gladiators, with preventing him from doing so.

Hulk Hogan began a relationship with Jennifer McDaniel in early 2008. The two were engaged in November 2009 and married on December 14, 2010, in Clearwater, Florida. On February 28, 2022, Hogan stated on Twitter that he and McDaniel divorced.

Hogan became engaged to yoga instructor Sky Daily in July 2023, proposing to her at actor Corin Nemec's wedding reception. They married on September 22, 2023.

More developments and a straight up opinion coming soon.