Overview

• TMZ Sports first reported early Thursday that Hogan suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at his Clearwater, Florida, residence
• Sky Daily, his wife, had publicly denied coma reports and said his heart remained strong as he recovered from neck surgery in May
• Born Terrence Gene Bollea on August 11, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia, he rose to global fame in the 1980s with his larger-than-life persona
• Hogan captured six WWE world championships and his 1987 WrestleMania III bout with André the Giant set a live-attendance record
• He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, cementing his legacy as a pioneer of family-friendly professional wrestling