Hulk Hogan, the most famous professional wrestler in history, died Thursday of cardiac arrest at age 71. Though Hogan's popularity waned later in his life due to numerous controversies outside the ring, there is no denying the impact he had on wrestling's ascension into pop culture, making it a global phenomenon.

The wrestler was like so many dads, supermen to their adolescent children but unmasked for their failings and frailties as age progresses. | Opinion

Hulk Hogan died Thursday, July 24 in Florida. He will be remembered as one of the most iconic wrestlers who inspired a generation of kids.

Hulk Hogan was billed as “The Immortal One” and the former WWE champion seemed to believe it as he bellowed in his red-and-yellow attire throughout sold-out arenas around the world in the 1980s and into this century that Hulkamania would live forever.

For one year, Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage took fans on an emotional roller coaster that saw the two most popular stars in WWE unite to battle the likes of the evil “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Andre the Giant, Big Boss Man and Akeem.

The late Hulk Hogan was a real American, but it’s a whole lot more complicated than that. (Especially, if you’re Black.)

Pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan left a complicated legacy after his death, as well as a hole in the cultural fabric of Generation X.

Celebrity news just got a little sadder this morning with news of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan’s death at age 71 years old reported.According to TMZ Sports “Medics were dispatched to the WWE icon's Clearwater,

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