Hulk Hogan's cause of death confirmed as heart attack with records revealing cancer diagnosis
Emily Brown
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WWE star Hulk Hogan is confirmed to have died at the age of 71 after suffering a heart attack.
The news comes from the Pinellas County Forensic Science Center, whose records, obtained by Page Six, confirmed that Hogan experienced acute myocardial infarction - more commonly known as a heart attack - when he died in Florida on July 24.
Acute myocardial infarction takes place when blood flow to the heart muscle is suddenly blocked, causing tissue damage.
The documents also revealed that Hogan had a history of leukemia CLL; a type of cancer which affects white blood cells called lymphocytes.
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Hogan was not previously publicly known to have been diagnosed with cancer, however his daughter, Brooke Hogan, spoke in a statement following his death about health issues he'd been experiencing in the last years of his life.
Explaining that she and Hogan had never had a 'big fight', she added: "My father was confiding in me about issues weighing on his heart, both personal and business. I offered to be a life raft in whatever capacity he needed. I told him he had my support.
"I begged him to rest, to take care of himself. He had nothing else to prove to the world or anyone. My husband and I moved down to Florida to be near him. He was getting older. I wanted to be there as much as possible. We had been though almost 25 surgeries together, and then all of a sudden he didn't want me at surgeries... everything started getting covered in a thick veil. It was like there was a force field around him that I couldn't get through."
Brooke explained that after she and her father began to experience disagreements, she had to 'step away' from the relationship with him to 'protect [her] heart'.
According to the Mayo Clinic, leukemia CLL typically progresses more slowly than other types of leukemia, with many patients showing no symptoms at first.
If symptoms to develop, they may include enlarged, but painless, lymph nodes, fatigue, fever and pain in the upper left portion of the abdomen.
The disease most commonly affects older adults.
Hogan's death has been ruled as natural by the Pinellas County Forensic Science Center, which also suggested to Page Six that Hogan's body may be cremated.
A spokesperson said: “I am not aware when Mr. Bollea will be cremated, only that we received a request for cremation approval.”