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- Dozens gather at Florida church for Hulk Hogan's funeral service</p>
<p>CURT ANDERSON August 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM</p>
<p>FILE - Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan poses for photographers, March 29, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)</p>
<p>LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Dozens of people gathered Tuesday evening at a funeral service for famed wrestler Hulk Hogan, who died last month at 71.</p>
<p>The private service was held at the same church where Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was baptized in 2023.</p>
<p>He died after suffering a heart attack July 24 at his home in Clearwater, according to the Pinellas County medical examiner.</p>
<p>Hogan previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the examiner's report said. His death was declared to be natural.</p>
<p>The service was heavily patrolled by church security and Largo police officers, including K-9 dogs. Anyone not on the guest list was turned away near signs that read, "Private Event."</p>
<p>President Donald Trump posted a photo on his Truth Social platform showing him arm wrestling Hogan, saying, "They are having the 'Hulkster's' funeral today, and I thought everybody would enjoy seeing this picture."</p>
<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags flown at half-staff at all official buildings last Friday, which he declared "Hulk Hogan Day in Florida."</p>
<p>Hogan was perhaps the biggest star in WWE's long history, known for both his larger-than-life personality and his in-ring exploits. He was the main draw for the first WrestleMania in 1985 and was a fixture for years, facing everyone from Andre The Giant and Randy Savage to The Rock and even WWE co-founder Vince McMahon.</p>
<p>Hogan was also a celebrity outside the wrestling world, appearing in numerous movies and television shows, including "Hogan Knows Best," a reality show about his life on VH1.</p>
<p>Hogan's body will be cremated.</p>
<p>His daughter Brooke Bollea Oleksy, better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, memorialized her father in a recent social media post.</p>
<p>"I am so grateful I knew the real version of him. Not just the one the world viewed through a carefully curated lens," she wrote on Instagram.</p>
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