Hulk Hogan: A larger-than-life character, as notorious outside the wrestling ring as in it
Hulk Hogan at a campaign for Donald Trump in New York last October. Picture: AP/Alex Brandon
Hulk Hogan, the moustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his influence into TV, pop culture and conservative politics during a long and scandal-plagued second act, has died in Florida at age 71.
Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was perhaps the biggest star in WWE’s long history. He was the main draw for the first WrestleMania in 1985 and was a fixture for years, facing everyone from Andre the Giant and Randy Savage to The Rock and even WWE co-founder Vince McMahon.
