Florida police – Florida’s Clearwater Police Department says a 72-page review found no evidence Hulk Hogan’s death was anything other than natural, closing the case without criminal wrongdoing. The report cites statements, medical records, surveillance footage, and what invest
By the time the Clearwater Police Department finished its 72-page review. the question that had hung over Hulk Hogan’s death was no longer open-ended. On Friday. the department released the report formally closing its investigation. concluding there was no evidence that Terry Bollea’s death was anything other than natural and no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.
Hogan—whose real name was Terry Bollea—died last July 24 at age 71.
The report’s language was blunt. “There has been no evidence to indicate the death of Terry Bollea was anything other than natural,” it said. “Through the course of the investigation, there has been no evidence to indicate any criminal wrongdoing related to his death. This case will be closed, and will be considered solved, non-criminal.”.
The timeline described in the report places Hogan’s wife and medical caregivers at his home when his breathing stopped. According to the report. Hogan’s wife and a home health aide and an occupational therapist were with him when he stopped breathing. His wife, Sky Daily Hogan, called 911, and the three performed CPR on Hulk Hogan until firefighters and paramedics arrived.
Family members told investigators that Hogan had been dealing with multiple health issues in the weeks before his death. including leukemia. an irregular heart rhythm. pneumonia and kidney failure. Investigators also reviewed that he had undergone many hospitalizations and surgeries in the years before his death.
One early thread—fertile ground for speculation—centered on a surgery and Hogan’s phrenic nerve. The report says early statements made by the occupational therapist to police led to speculation that Hogan’s death was related to damage done to his phrenic nerve during a recent surgery. The same occupational therapist later clarified. telling police he was still rattled from performing CPR and was speaking out of turn.
The report also references the medical findings that were part of the investigation. The local medical examiner concluded Hogan died from a heart attack and declined to perform a full autopsy. A private autopsy paid for by the family backed up the initial assessment. finding “no reasonable traumatic or terminal toxicologic contributions.”.
Whatever the case’s legal conclusion, Hogan’s legacy in professional wrestling was never in doubt. Known for his larger-than-life personality and wrestling exploits. he was the main draw for the first WrestleMania in 1985 and a fixture for years. facing names that included Andre the Giant. Randy Savage. The Rock. and WWE co-founder Vince McMahon.
Hogan won at least six WWE championships, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005, and reinstated there in 2018. He was removed from the Hall of Fame in 2015 after he was recorded making racial slurs against Black people, for which he apologized.
A well-attended but private funeral service was held several weeks after Hogan’s death at a church in Largo, Florida.
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