{"id":71399,"date":"2025-07-24T16:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71399"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:37:22","slug":"wrestling-icon-hulk-hogan-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/24\/wrestling-icon-hulk-hogan-dies-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling Icon Hulk Hogan Dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-54\">Legendary professional wrestler and pop culture icon <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-54\">Hulk Hogan<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-54 citation-end-54\"> has passed away at the age of 71, confirmed by multiple media sources on Thursday, July 24, 2025.<\/span> Reports indicate his death was due to cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-53 citation-end-53\">Born Terry Bollea, Hogan became a global sensation during the 1980s, instrumental in catapulting the then-WWF (now WWE) to mainstream fame with his larger-than-life persona and &#8220;Hulkamania&#8221; phenomenon.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-52 citation-end-52\">WWE issued a statement expressing profound sadness, recognizing him as one of its most iconic figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-51 citation-end-51\">Hogan&#8217;s signature handlebar mustache, charismatic performances, and catchphrases made him a household name.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-50 citation-end-50\">A two-time WWE Hall of Fame inductee and six-time WWE champion, he continued to make occasional appearances even in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Tampa native spent his final years in Clearwater, Florida. <span class=\"citation-49 citation-end-49\">His passing follows recent health concerns, though his wife had publicly stated his heart was &#8220;strong&#8221; as he recovered from surgeries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Legendary professional wrestler and pop culture icon Hulk Hogan has passed away at the age of 71, confirmed by multiple media sources on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Reports indicate his death was due to cardiac arrest. Born Terry Bollea, Hogan became a global sensation during the 1980s, instrumental in catapulting the then-WWF [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-71399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71401,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71399\/revisions\/71401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}