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Clearwater Police Department in Florida,
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United States, has confirmed that world
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wrestling champion Terry Boly, aka Hulk
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Hogan, died on Thursday morning around
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11:17 a.m. after the personnel of the
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Clearwater City Fire and Police
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Departments responded to an emergency
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medical report at about 9:51 a.m. and
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administered first aid treatment of
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cardiac arrest to Hulk Hogan before he
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was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital
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where he was pronounced dead. According
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to the Clearwater Police Department, in
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a video press briefing held a few hours
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ago, the Clearwater Fire Department and
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Clearwater Police Department personnel
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responded to a medical call at 9:51 a.m.
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today in the 1,000 block of Elorado
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Avenue on Clearwater Beach. The nature
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of the call was for a cardiac arrest. A
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71-year-old resident, Terry Boly, also
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known as Hulk Hogan, was treated by
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Clearwater Fire and Rescue crews before
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being taken by Sunstar to Morton Plant
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Hospital, where he was pronounced
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deceased. Major Nate Burnside briefed
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the press about the police and fire
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response to a medical call involving
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Terry Boly, also known as Hulk Hogan. A
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video of the scene outside Hogan's
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residence shows responders desperately
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trying to save his life as he was
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transported to an ambulance. In the
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clip, several paramedics appear to be
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conducting chest compressions as Hogan
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is wheeled to the emergency vehicle. It
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may be recalled that a few weeks ago,
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Hogan's wife, Sky, whom he married in
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September 2023, denied rumors he was in
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a coma, stating his heart was strong as
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he recovered from surgeries. Some local
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media in the United States had reported
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last month that Hogan was on his
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deathbed, but the reports were denied
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with statements that as at the time he
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was just dealing with the symptoms of a
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neck procedure he underwent in May 2025.
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The global sports icon, Hulk Hogan
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undoubtedly transformed professional
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wrestling into a family entertainment
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sports. Before Hulk, wrestling catered
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to a fairly narrow audience. Hulk's
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theatrics in the ring were magnetic for
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children and their parents, and it
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supercharged the sport. Hogan
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kickstarted a pop culture phenomenon
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with Hulkammania after defeating the
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iron shape for the World Heavyweight
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Championship in 1984.
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A craze that never went away and his
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signature bandanna and handlebar
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mustache were often copied by fans in
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crowds for decades. In 1996,
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New World Order and became Hollywood
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Hulk Hogan. It propelled him and
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professional wrestling to even more
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fame. Hogan had countless iconic
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performance which included a matchup
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against Dwayne, The Rock, Johnson at
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Wrestlemania X8 in 2002 and a face off
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with Andre the Giant. and
