Overview

• In interviews cited by Entertainment Weekly, Linda Hogan said she believes her ex-husband’s support for President Trump led to his exclusion from the broadcast tribute.
• Hulk Hogan appeared in a longer In Memoriam video posted online even though he was not featured in the televised segment.
• Other notable names also missing from the TV segment included Gene Hackman, Jerry Adler, Jonathan Joss, and Leslie Charleson, according to reports.
• Linda referenced Hogan being booed at a January appearance in Los Angeles as part of her speculation about why he was omitted.
• Hogan, born Terry Bollea, died July 24 at 71 of a heart attack, and Trump publicly mourned him in a social media tribute over the summer.