{"id":2497,"date":"2025-07-25T00:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2025-07-25T00:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:35:55","slug":"hulk-hogan-dead-at-71-wrestling-icon-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2497","title":{"rendered":"HULK HOGAN DEAD AT 71: Wrestling Icon Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hulk Hogan\u2019s Sudden Passing<\/strong><br>Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea, died at 71 from sudden cardiac arrest at his Florida home on July 24, 2025. Paramedics tried to revive him but failed. This came just days after he seemed \u201cdoing phenomenal\u201d recovering from major neck surgery, a friend said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Shocking Loss Amid New Beginnings<\/strong><br>Hogan had recently launched a wrestling promotion, Real American Freestyle, set to debut in August. Fans expected him to appear as a mentor or guest, making his death even more unexpected. \u201cThis was the last thing any of us expected,\u201d longtime friend Jimmy Hart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Legendary Career<\/strong><br>Hogan was the face of 1980s wrestling, headlining WrestleMania III and winning six WWE Championships. He was also a two-time WWE Hall of Famer and appeared in TV and films. His catchphrases and charisma made him famous worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wrestling World Mourns<\/strong><br>Tributes poured in: WWE called him \u201ca global icon and a true pioneer,\u201d while Ric Flair said, \u201cWe fought. We laughed. We made history. I\u2019m devastated.\u201d Fans shared memories online under #RIPHogan. Hogan\u2019s voice and legacy will live on forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hulk Hogan\u2019s Sudden PassingWrestling legend Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea, died at 71 from sudden cardiac arrest at his Florida home on July 24, 2025. Paramedics tried to revive him but failed. This came just days after he seemed \u201cdoing phenomenal\u201d recovering from major neck surgery, a friend said. A Shocking Loss Amid New BeginningsHogan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions\/2499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}