WWE legend Hulk Hogan dies, aged 71, after suspected cardiac arrest at Florida home

Medics were called to his home in Clearwater, Florida early on Thursday morning (Thursday night AEST) regarding a "cardiac arrest", according to TMZ, who were first to report his death.

The publication reports a slew of police cars and paramedics were seen outside the property and the 71-year-old was seen stretchered away into an ambulance.

WWE legend Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71, according to multiple US media reports.

The news comes just two days after Jimmy Hart, Hogan's ex-manager and long-time pal, said on a podcast that the wrestling hall of fame star "can't speak", following an adverse reaction to a recent surgery.

"Hogan's not doing well. He he can't speak," Hart reportedly said, according to American radio personality Bubba The Love Sponge on The Bubba Army.

"His trachea or whatever was damaged and he's having problems and it does not look good. It does not look at all."

The show also said a hospital security guard told them Hogan was transferred home recently, saying he was "hooked up to two machines".

Hulk Hogan rips his shirt before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hulk Hogan tears off his shirt while speaking on the final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

"They've gone as far as they can go at the hospital now," he quoted the security guard as saying.

"They just they're keeping him comfortable at his house in a hospital bed.

"He's not in such dire needs that he needs to be in close proximity to an emergency facility. He's stable enough to be at home, but you know, rather than just be sitting here getting bed sores and muscle atrophy at at Morton Plant, I can at least be home, get doctors and nurses to swing by my place to continue to check up on me.

"But I've been told that that's where he's at now. And the security guard said the measures that they went to to make sure nobody saw him transported in an ambulance to his home was like Michael Jackson type stuff."

Hogan, who was born Terry Gene Bollea, became a larger-than-life character in the world of professional wrestling through the 1980s and into the early '90s.

He was back in the headlines in particular last year for his support on the campaign trail for President Donald Trump and made an appearance on-stage at the Republican National Convention.

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