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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies aged 71, his representative confirms

First responders received a call from his Florida home at 10:00 local time over a report of “cardiac arrest”, authorities say - he was pronounced dead at hospital later

Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was the biggest professional wrestler of the 80s and 90s and went on to achieve crossover fame

Tributes from the wrestling world, political sphere and Hollywood have been pouring in, with many remembering him as an “American pop culture fixture”

Known for red and yellow outfits, “Real American” entrance music, and army of “Hulkamaniac” fans, he continued wrestling well into his 50s

In 2018, he was reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame after being ejected for using a racist slur

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    7 days ago

    I genuinely dont see him as the bad guy in the gawker fiasco. I blame no one but gawker and I dont see why we should give them an ounce of sympathy.

    Posting someone’s sex tape, openly defying a judge to keep the sex tape up, then telling the judge you’d post child porn too, js just not a winning formula, and the loss of celebrity stalking apps and articles by millenial nepo babies on the best places to do coke just won’t move me from that position.

    Edit: Like I’m supposed to shed tears that Nick Denton had to stop giving blowjobs to tech firms and pumping VC money directly into fancy vacations and drug dealers because he wouldn’t stop posting involuntary pornography and ad to pivot to being an AI tech bro.

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            I’ll defer to you on that. I didnt watch the video out of disgust with the concept of releasing someone’s sex tape involuntarily and a total lack of interest in potentially seeing Hogan’s penis. I just remember the lawsuit.

            Edit:That sounded like im judging you for being more aware of the facts of the video. That was not my intention