Hulk Hogan’s daughter has paid an emotional tribute to her legendary father, marking nine months since his untimely passing.
The wrestling icon, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died at 71 from a heart attack in July of last year.
Before his death, Hogan had been estranged from his daughter Brooke, now 37, as their relationship had been strained for several years.
Despite their differences, Brooke was heartbroken by her father’s passing, expressing that it felt as though “a part of my spirit left with him” when he succumbed to the heart attack.
As the nine-month anniversary of his death approaches, Brooke shared a heartfelt message about her father on Instagram, reflecting on their past.
Brooke shared a black-and-white illustration of her dad holding her in his arms and wrote as the caption: ‘If my love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.’
Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke has shared an emotional tribute to her father on social media
Brooke also discussed their final years together during a recent guest appearance on the HGTV renovation show, Rock the Block.
‘I got called to do Rock The Block long before my dad passed,’ Brooke said while beginning to tear up. ‘But obviously, I didn’t tell him that I had it because we weren’t talking.
‘But I told my husband, I was like, “I wonder, I wonder if my dad would be proud knowing that I’m doing this.” You know, “I wonder if…”‘
‘He was the one that told me to get my real estate license,’ she added about her late dad.
Hogan left behind nearly $5million in assets for his beneficiaries after his death, but none of that money went to Brooke.
Speaking to TMZ in September, Brooke said she wasn’t shocked to be left out of her father’s will – because she requested to be.
‘His decision is no surprise to me,’ she told the outlet. ‘It’s what I asked for, I stand by it with no regrets.
Brooke added that she’s been supporting herself through her own work and has fought through financial troubles in the past.
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Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, passed away after suffering a heart attack in July of last year
Brooke has told her late dad he would have ‘lived forever’ if her love ‘could have saved you’
She also said that money never mattered to her when it came to her relationship with Hulk. Additionally, she admitted that all that mattered to her was that her father’s image, trademarks and estate was being handled with care.
Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital less than 90 minutes after medics arrived at his home in Clearwater to answer a call about a cardiac arrest on the morning of July 24, police said. The report said the cause of death was ‘natural.’
He previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, according to a report from the District Six Medical Examiner.
Though despite his previous health issues, Brooke took to social media in the days that followed to seemingly accuse the authorities of foul play.
Brooke shared an article by radio personality and Hogan friend Bubba the Love Sponge, which read: ‘Quick cremation without autopsy raises questions about Hulk Hogan’s death.’ She added the caption: ‘Exactly.’
However, the Clearwater Police Department attempted to squash any outlandish theory about Hogan’s death by saying: ‘As previously stated, there are no signs of foul play or anything suspicious about the death’.
