Aside from leukemia, medical records from the Pinellas County Forensic Science Center showed that Hulk Hogan also suffered from atrial fibrillation (AFib), a heart condition characterized by an irregular and rapid heart rate. Ultimately, his death was ruled as a natural one, with his body cremated shortly thereafter, and per Brooke, without an official autopsy.

“For me, the no autopsy and the leukemia out of nowhere hits me as BS,” Brooke said, “because [I never heard that diagnosis before]. 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.” Prior to his death, knowledge of Hulk’s reported battle with leukemia had not been public.

In the days following Hulk’s death on July 24, figures from around the professional wrestling world, including Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff, issued tributes to the former WWE Champion. WWE themselves delivered multiple ten-bell salutes and video packages on “WWE Raw,” WWE NXT,” and “WWE SmackDown” programming. His last appearance on WWE television came back alongside Jimmy Hart on the Netflix premiere of “Raw,” where he cut a promo about his Real American Beer campaign.

According to Brooke, she had been mostly out of her father’s life for the last two years, though not by choice. In the same two years, Hogan married Sky Daily, a yoga instructor who later penned her own emotional farewell to Hulk, whom she referred to as her life partner.

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