Professional-wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, died on 24 July at age 71 after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida. Clearwater police said officers and paramedics responded to an emergency call at 9:51 a.m., transported him at 10:20 a.m., and he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Authorities reported no signs of foul play. Hogan’s wife, Sky Daily Hogan, said the loss was “sudden and impossible to process,” noting that while the former champion had battled unspecified health issues, she believed he would recover. “To the world, he was a legend,” she wrote, “but to me, he was my Terry.” The couple married in September 2023. World Wrestling Entertainment opened the 25 July edition of Friday Night SmackDown in Cleveland with a ten-bell salute led by Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque (Triple H), joined by current stars and Hall-of-Famers. Levesque called Hogan “one of the most globally recognized icons in the world.” Tributes also poured in from Dwayne Johnson, The Undertaker and other industry figures. Hogan’s commercial imprint has also resurfaced. Real American Beer, the light-lager brand he co-founded in 2024, reported a nationwide sell-out as fans rushed to buy the product. The company’s website warned of shipping delays of up to four weeks amid the surge in demand, underscoring the wrestler’s enduring marketing pull even amid a broader slump in U.S. beer sales.