LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of individuals gathered Tuesday night at a funeral service for famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, who died final month at 71.
The non-public service was held on the identical church the place Hogan, whose actual identify was Terry Bollea, was baptized in 2023.
He died after struggling a coronary heart assault July 24 at his dwelling in Clearwater, in accordance with the Pinellas County medical expert.
Hogan beforehand had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular coronary heart rhythm, the examiner’s report mentioned. His demise was declared to be pure.
The service was closely patrolled by church safety and Largo law enforcement officials, together with Ok-9 canines. Anybody not on the visitor listing was turned away close to indicators that learn, “Private Event.”
President Donald Trump posted a photograph on his Reality Social platform displaying him arm wrestling Hogan, saying, “They are having the ‘Hulkster’s’ funeral today, and I thought everybody would enjoy seeing this picture.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags flown at half-staff in any respect official buildings final Friday, which he declared “Hulk Hogan Day in Florida.”
Hogan was maybe the largest star in WWE’s lengthy historical past, identified for each his larger-than-life persona and his in-ring exploits. He was the principle draw for the primary WrestleMania in 1985 and was a fixture for years, dealing with everybody from Andre The Large and Randy Savage to The Rock and even WWE co-founder Vince McMahon.
Hogan was additionally a celeb exterior the wrestling world, showing in quite a few films and tv reveals, together with “Hogan Knows Best,” a actuality present about his life on VH1.
Hogan’s physique will likely be cremated.
His daughter Brooke Bollea Oleksy, higher identified by her stage identify Brooke Hogan, memorialized her father in a latest social media put up.
“I am so grateful I knew the real version of him. Not just the one the world viewed through a carefully curated lens,” she wrote on Instagram.
