Triple H, Kid Rock and Stephanie McMahon were among the people seen arriving in Florida for the WWE star’s funeral
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Hulk Hogan was laid to rest in a private funeral in Clearwater, Fl. on Tuesday, Aug. 5
The wrestling icon died on July 24 from a heart attack
Hogan was cremated, according to medical records obtained by PEOPLE
Hulk Hogan was laid to rest in a private funeral in Clearwater, Fl., on Tuesday, 12 days after he died of a heart attack.
The family and friends of the late WWE superstar came together to celebrate his life on Tuesday, Aug. 5 after his death on July 24. Hogan was 71.
The service took place at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Clearwater, the city where Hulk, born Terry Gene Bollea, had been living with his wife Sky Daily.
Photos from the funeral showed men and women in black suits with orange boutonnieres carrying his casket into the funeral home.
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Former WWE star Triple H arrives in Florida for Hulk Hogan’s funeral.TheImageDirect.com
Prior to the funeral, former WWE star Triple H, whose real name is Paul Michael Levesque, was seen disembarking from a private plane alongside Stephanie McMahon, who served as WWE co-CEO until 2023. Singer Kid Rock and comedian Theo Von were also in attendance.
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Kid Rock arriving in Florida for Hulk Hogan’s funeral.TheImageDirect.com
Hogan died of acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, PEOPLE confirmed on Thursday, July 31.
The WWE legend had a history of leukemia, according to medical records obtained by PEOPLE, and atrial fibrillation, a common disorder that causes irregular heart beats. Hogan’s history of leukemia, a form of cancer that affects white blood cells, was not previously known.
The records also indicated that Hogan would be cremated.
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Nick Hogan, Brooke Hogan, Linda Hogan and Hulk Hogan.Carley Margolis/FilmMagic
It is not yet known who of his family attended the funeral. Hogan is survived by his third wife, Daily, who was at home at the time of his death, and his previous two wives — Linda, who filed for divorce in 2009 after 23 years of marriage, and Jennifer McDaniel, whom he was married to for nearly 11 years, until their divorce in 2011.
Hogan and Linda had two children, Nick Hogan, 35, and Brooke Hogan, 37. Three days before the funeral, Nick attended WWE’s SummerSlam where the organization honored late father on August 2.
Brooke, meanwhile, has been estranged from Hogan for the last two years, including as she and her husband, former NHL player Steven Oleksy, welcomed twins in January. On July 29, the former reality star, 37, broke her silence about the passing of her late father, sharing to Instagram that “When he left this earth, it felt like part of my spirit left with him. I felt it before the news even reached us.”
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Hulk Hogan.WWE/WWE via Getty
“… I know he’s at peace now, out of pain, and in a place as beautiful as he imagined. He used to speak about this moment with such wonder and hope. Like meeting God was the greatest championship he’d ever have.”
Oleksy told PEOPLE on Friday that he had tried to stay in contact with Hogan and Nick during Brooke’s estrangement, in case they wanted to repair the relationship. Oleksy said he reached out to the late WWE star “about a month and a half after” his twins were born to see if he would meet them, but Hogan never did before his death.
“I sent text messages once again to kind of gauge where he was at, but there was no interest,” Oleksy said.
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