Hulk Hogan, the wrestling legend who propelled the sport from popular pastime to ubiquitous pop culture phenomenon, has died at the age of 71.

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Hulk Hogan, who served as a main catalyst for launching pro wrestling off the top rope and into the pop culture stratosphere, died July 24. He was 71.

Although Hogan’s professional wrestling career began in the late 1970s, his true explosion on the scene didn’t come until the mid-1980s, when he helped Vince McMahon turn the then-WWF from ...

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, began his career in professional wrestling in the 1970s, wrestling under a number of different personas. He eventually made his way to the WWE (then WWF ...