Florida police release final report on Hulk Hogan’s death

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The Clearwater, Florida, Police Department announced that the investigation into the death of Terry Bollea, aka celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan, has been officially closed.

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Bollea died in July of last year after a medical emergency.

Bollea was pronounced dead at a hospital less than 90 minutes after medics in Clearwater arrived at his home to answer a morning call about a cardiac arrest, police said.

Bollea previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, a report from the District Six Medical Examiner said.

The final report from the police department includes notes and interviews surrounding the case, including the department’s attempts to detect any foul play or other underlying causes that could have led to Bollea’s death.

The department ultimately classified it as an “attended, natural death.”

Bollea’s declining health was apparent to those caring for him.

“We knew this was going to be happening,” said a home health aide and occupational therapist to police who responded to the Bollea household.

To rule out addiction or overdose, the police enlisted the help of the Drug Enforcement Administration to ascertain whether there were any irregularities with Bollea’s prescriptions. Not only did they find none, but Bollea had fewer medical drugs in his system than he possibly should have.

Wrestler Hulk Hogan flexing a muscle on his left arm as he rides his Hulkster motorcycle on a road in front of his home.

“While conducting the pill inventory, detectives discovered that Mr. Bollea was taking a lower dose of the prescribed opiates, inconsistent with an individual suffering from a current addiction,” the report read.

The report also says that the Bollea family paid for a private autopsy to be conducted in August 2025, after the medical examiner had previously said that an autopsy was unnecessary due to Bollea’s cardiac arrest.

The doctor who performed the autopsy wrote that he died “exclusively from compelling natural disease, with no reasonable traumatic or terminal toxicologic contributions. As such, the manner of death is also natural.”

Wrestler Hulk Hogan with his 3-year-old daughter Brooke as he chats with his 1-year-old son Nicholas while relaxing together at home, 1991.

“Through the course of the investigation, there has been no evidence to indicate any criminal wrongdoing related to his death,” the police report read. “This case will be closed, and will be considered solved, non-criminal.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.