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Hulk Hogan death: Report reveals legendary wrestler may have been victim of medical malpractice

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Hulk Hogan
November 13, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; WWE professional wrestler Hulk Hogan before the game between the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Nets 107-99. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Hulk Hogan, who died on July 24, could have been a victim of medical malpractice. According to TMZ Sports, the report from the Clearwater Police Department says an occupational therapist was present at Hogan’s home when he stopped breathing. The report, which is on “lockdown,” also states the therapist told responding officers Hogan was the victim of malpractice.

The therapist also said that during a recent operation, the surgeon “severed” Hogan’s phrenic nerve. It’s not clear if the surgery was to repair his heart or neck. TMZ Sports said that Hogan’s wife, Sky, sounded the alarm when her husband stopped breathing, and that’s when 911 was called.

According to a cremation report, Hogan died from atrial fibrillation and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. His daughter, Brooke Hogan, raised questions about her father’s death, saying that she didn’t know about his leukemia diagnosis.

Hulk Hogan’s daughter, Brooke, raises questions about father’s death

“For me, the no autopsy and the leukemia out of nowhere hits me as B.S.,” Brooke Hogan said on the Bubba the Love Sponge show earlier this month. . “… And I would be surprised that a surgeon would work on somebody with leukemia or somebody that would see a high white blood cell count and not do further investigation first. The first option is … treat the leukemia.”

Brooke also talked about asking to be taken out of her father’s will. “I loved him so much,” Hogan said of her father. “But when he entered this world of what Mike Rinder had warned me about, and I was now pregnant with twins and married … and I have something to lose, money didn’t matter. I was like, ‘Take me off everything.’ And I was sobbing when I wrote the message to Terry McCoy – the guy who manages his money. I was sobbing. And I just said take me off everything. I don’t want to be a part of it.”

Hulk Hogan was considered to be one of the icons of pro wrestling. He was a six-time world champion in WWE and WCW, and he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice. Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Hogan the top Pro Wrestler in 1991 and again in 2003. The outlet named him Wrestler of the Year in 1987, 1991 and 1994.