{"id":2566,"date":"2025-07-26T01:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2025-07-26T01:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:20:35","slug":"hulk-hogan-wrestling-icon-and-actor-passes-away-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2566","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan, Wrestling Icon and Actor, Passes Away at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wrestling Icon Hulk Hogan Dies at 71<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hulk Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, died at 71 from cardiac arrest at his Clearwater, Florida home. Manager Chris Volo confirmed he was \u201csurrounded by his loved ones.\u201d His wife had recently reassured fans his heart was \u201cstrong,\u201d despite recent surgeries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Wrestling Legend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hogan became the face of 1980s wrestling with his \u201cHulkamania\u201d persona. WWE praised him: \u201cHulk Hogan transformed professional wrestling into a global phenomenon.\u201d He headlined eight WrestleManias and held six WWE titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reinvention and Controversy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, Hogan revived his career as \u201cHollywood Hogan\u201d with the NWO. Though a 2015 scandal briefly tarnished his image, he returned in 2020 and remained a polarizing cultural figure, famously backing Donald Trump in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Pop Culture Force<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond wrestling, Hogan starred in&nbsp;<em>Rocky III<\/em>, family films, and TV shows like&nbsp;<em>Hogan Knows Best<\/em>. Tributes from fans, celebrities, and peers\u2014including Sylvester Stallone and John Cena\u2014celebrate his enduring legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrestling Icon Hulk Hogan Dies at 71 Hulk Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, died at 71 from cardiac arrest at his Clearwater, Florida home. Manager Chris Volo confirmed he was \u201csurrounded by his loved ones.\u201d His wife had recently reassured fans his heart was \u201cstrong,\u201d despite recent surgeries. A Wrestling Legend Hogan became the face&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2567,"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-2566","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\/2566","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=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions\/2568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}