Pro Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan, 71, Died From Heart Attack

A bosom onslaught caused nan decease of pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, authorities said Thursday, a week aft nan larger-than-life entertainer passed distant successful Florida.

His origin of decease was formally listed arsenic "acute myocardial infarction," a method word for a bosom attack, according to District Six Medical Examiner which investigates deaths successful Pinellas and Pasco Counties.

Hogan's mode of decease was called "natural" pinch a pathologist noting nan wrestler's history of "atrial fibrillation" and leukemia.

Clearwater constabulary and firefighters rushed to his location exactly 1 week agone to reply a “cardiac arrest” telephone astatine 9:51 a.m., nan metropolis said successful a statement.

First responders took nan 71-year-old to Morton Plant Hospital, wherever he was pronounced dormant astatine 11:17 a.m., constabulary said.

Hogan — whose existent sanction was Terry Gene Bollea — helped revolutionize pro wrestling, turning it from niche intermezo to mainstream monster.

His shirt-ripping antics and over-the-top performances led to nan “Hulkamania” craze of nan 1980s, which reached its apex successful 1987 erstwhile he slammed chap wrestling superstar André nan Giant to nan canvas successful WrestleMania III.