Big Hulk Hogan News Emerges Days After His Death originally appeared on Athlon Sports. One week after WWE icon Hulk Hogan’s death from a heart attack, Florida will be honoring his legacy.

Hogan’s official cause of death is cited as “acute myocardial infarction” – which in layman’s terms means a heart attack – according to a cremation approval summary report from the medical examiner’s office in Pinellas County, Florida shared with CNN on Thursday.

The official cause of death for Hulk Hogan, who died last week (24 July) at the age of 71, has been given as a heart attack. Hogan died of acute myocardial infarction, while it was also revealed that he had chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, a type of cancer that attacks the white blood cells.