Died on the morning of Thursday (07/24), Hulk Hogan, at the age of 71. The American is a legendary name of the wrestling. The cause of death, informed by the MTZ website, was not disclosed.
Hulk Hogan is the stage name of Terry Gene Bollea, born August 11, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia. In addition to being one of the biggest names in wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s, Hulk Hogan also acted in movies and series. Among them, the Thunder series – Mission at Sea (1994), and Rocky III (1982), Total Challenge (1989), Suburban Command (1991) and Lord Babyshaft (1993).
In the wrestling, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) organizations, he won 12 world titles and was one of the most popular names of the sport, mixing a charismatic character and a striking physicist who earned him invitations to the small screens and talls.
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The controversies in the career of Hulk Hogan
In 2012, Hulk Hogan entered a court battle against the Gawker website, which leaked, without permission, an intimate video of the fighter. In total, Hogan was compensated at US $ 140 million, in a process that contributed to the bankruptcy of the Gawker group.
Then Hogan became a divisive character by engaging in politics, supporting the Republican Party. In a party convention, he remembered his fighter days and tore his shirt, revealing support to President Donald Trump.
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