{"id":183599,"date":"2025-07-29T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/hulk-hogan-was-very-ill-had-hospital-in-his-home-prior-to-death\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:38:58","slug":"hulk-hogan-was-very-ill-had-hospital-in-his-home-prior-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/hulk-hogan-was-very-ill-had-hospital-in-his-home-prior-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan was Very Ill, Had Hospital in His Home Prior to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have an update on the passing of Hulk Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>As you likely know at this point, the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/hulk-hogan-cause-of-death-pro-wrestling-legend-passes-away-at-71\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrestler died on July 24<\/a> from what has since been reported as cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>This may very well have been Hogan\u2019s cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>According to podcast host and WWE journalist Dave Meltzer, however, the 71-year old was in extremely bad shape prior to paramedics being called for a heart-related incident on the date cited above.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531156 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2161984463-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hulk Hogan gestures on stage wearing a Trump-Vance campaign shirt during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to complications from a neck surgery in May, Hogan was intubated and battled renal failure, fluid overload and severe COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Dave Meltzer claimed late last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened with Hulk was they took him out of the hospital and made a hospital in his house as there wasn\u2019t much left they could do,\u201d Meltzer reported in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, maybe the most respected publication in this industry.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, an insider previously told Us Weekly that Hogan had been \u201cin and out of the hospital\u201d for years before his death.<\/p>\n<p>The source described the frequent hospital visits as \u201cthe culmination of having over 30 surgeries over the course of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530901 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1841228271-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hulk Hogan attends a New Era In Florida Gaming Event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa on December 8, 2023 in Tampa, Florida.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the last several years of his life, Hogan was engulfed in controversy related to racial slurs he uttered on camera and also his decision to be a vocal Donald Trump supporter.<\/p>\n<p>No one can deny the impact he had on pop culture for decades, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t ready for this\u2026and my heart is in pieces,\u201d Sky Daily, Hogan\u2019s third wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/hulk-hogans-wife-shares-heartfelt-tribute-reveals-wrestlers-ongoing-health-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on social media Friday<\/a>, July 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had been dealing with some health issues, but I truly believed we would overcome them. I had so much faith in his strength. I thought we still had more time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These health issues are now coming to light.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530899 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2180742628-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hulk Hogan speaks at a campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWrestling like he did for so many years has done so much damage,\u201d the Us Weekly source added. \u201cHis body was so beaten up. Although wrestling can be fake, it\u2019s not physically fake. There were predetermined outcomes to the matches, but the physicality was very real. He was always in some sort of pain. He paid for his success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan underwent \u201cpretty serious\u201d heart surgery in recent months, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Continued Daily in her tribute:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis loss is sudden and impossible to process. To the world, he was a legend\u2026 but to me, he was my Terry. The man I loved. My partner. My heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestler Hulk Hogan (R) and son Nick Hogan arrive at the Comedy Central Roast Of David Hasselhoff held at Sony Pictures Studios on August 1, 2010 in Culver City, California.\" class=\"wp-image-531023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-2048x1340.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-960x628.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1080x707.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1200x785.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestler Hulk Hogan (R) and son Nick Hogan arrive at the Comedy Central Roast Of David Hasselhoff held at Sony Pictures Studios on August 1, 2010 in Culver City, California.\" class=\"wp-image-531023 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-2048x1340.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-960x628.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1080x707.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-1200x785.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-103194470-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wrestler Hulk Hogan and son Nick Hogan arrive at the Comedy Central Roast Of David Hasselhoff held at Sony Pictures Studios on August 1, 2010 in Culver City, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just a couple days ago, son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/nick-hogan-breaks-silence-pays-loving-tribute-to-late-father-hulk-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Hogan also mourned his father<\/a>. This is what he wrote:<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me and comforted me over the last few days. It truly means a lot. I\u2019m sorry to everyone I have not responded to yet. This has been overwhelming and extremely difficult.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hearing so many kind words and stories about my dad\u2019s life, interactions and experiences with everyone has been incredible and comforting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My dad was the most incredible person I\u2019ve ever known and will always be my hero. He was the most kind, loving and amazing father anybody could ask for. I feel so blessed to have had the greatest dad in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He was not only the best dad but also my mentor and my best friend. He always has been my best friend and I love him and miss him more than I could ever explain. I thanked him for everything he has ever done for me and told him how much I loved him and hugged him every chance I got.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/hulk-hogan-was-very-sick-had-hospital-in-his-home-prior-to-death-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes We have an update on the passing of Hulk Hogan. As you likely know at this point, the legendary wrestler died on July 24 from what has since been reported as cardiac arrest. This may very well have been Hogan\u2019s cause of death. According to podcast host and WWE journalist Dave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-183599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}