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Hulk Hogan's Death Ruled Natural, No Foul Play

6/9/2026

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**Hulk Hogan Natural Death**

Clearwater Police Department closed its investigation into Hulk Hogan, ruling the 71-year-old died of natural causes.
A 72-page report and Dr. Daniel Schultz’s private autopsy found no foul play, attributing death to an acute myocardial infarction and noting chronic leukemia, atrial fibrillation, recent surgeries, kidney failure and dialysis.
His wife called 911 after he stopped breathing, leading to his pronouncement of death at 11:17 a.m. at Morton Plant Hospital.

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**Brooke Hogan Autopsy**

Brooke Hogan demanded the autopsy report for her father Hulk Hogan's death, offering to pay but receiving nothing.
Brooke Hogan accused Clearwater Police of excluding her and questioned why only stepmother Sky Daily noticed he stopped breathing.
Brooke Hogan claimed first-responder tips suggested a suspicious aspect to the death, contradicting the police's natural-cause ruling.

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**Hulk Hogan Partnership**

Hulk Hogan announced a Disney partnership to launch the TV series “Thunder in Paradise,” serving as executive producer with the Baywatch team.
Disney will lease its largest soundstage and provide technical and acting support covering roughly 80 percent of the cast.
The 22-episode series, budgeted at $800,000-$1 million per episode, will air on WKCF in Clearwater.
The DEA found no drug irregularities in Hogan’s prescription records.

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**Hulk Hogan Natural Death**

Clearwater Police Department closed its investigation into Hulk Hogan, ruling the 71-year-old died of natural causes.
A 72-page report and Dr. Daniel Schultz’s private autopsy found no foul play, attributing death to an acute myocardial infarction and noting chronic leukemia, atrial fibrillation, recent surgeries, kidney failure and dialysis.
His wife called 911 after he stopped breathing, leading to his pronouncement of death at 11:17 a.m. at Morton Plant Hospital.

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