Hulk Hogan's final moments detailed - desperate 911 call to hospital dash

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was getting "tired easily" and "couldn't speak" in the days leading up to his shock death aged 71. The WWE icon reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest at his Florida home, with medics working tirelessly for 30 minutes to save the star on Thursday morning.

It was reported he was struggling with his health in the weeks leading up to his death, with the star recently undergoing surgery on his neck. A source told The Mirror that the former WWE superstar had long been battling a “very weak heart”and had deteriorated significantly in recent weeks.

"Over his last few weeks, he was suffering from shortness of breath, becoming tired easily,” the insider said. "He also began to lose weight, which made him look frail. Terry knew he wasn’t in a good way."

"He had a lot of people he wanted to make peace with. It was important to him to repair the bridges that had once been destroyed." At the time of his death, Hogan remained estranged from his daughter Brooke, it is understood.

A few days before, his old pal Lummy said on the Bubba The Love Sponge podcast the wrestler was on his deathbed and "couldn't talk".

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

Bubba, who was once sued by Hogan for leaking a sex tape of his wife and the wrestler, told the channel he had heard from a hospital security guard: "He was transported to his house but he's still in his hospital bed. It's just like he's at the hospital.

"They've gone as far as they can go at the hospital now. They just they're keeping him comfortable at his house in a hospital bed."

He added: "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 make sure nobody saw him transported in an ambulance to his home was like Michael Jackson type stuff."

On May 15, a representative for Hogan informed American press that he had received a "little fusion procedure" on his neck and was healing rapidly.

This follows longtime mate Eric Bischoff revealing in a statement: "Hulk Hogan had a very successful cervical surgery and is experiencing some adverse reaction."

On Thursday morning, it was said that a number of police cars and emergency vehicles were parked outside the wrestling legend's home, and he was 'carried on a stretcher into an ambulance'.

Operators of the 911 call could be heard dispatching paramedics to the scene as they noted the matter was for a cardiac arrest.

Officials responded to the call at 9:51am, as he received treatment from Clearwater Fire & Rescue before being taken to a nearby hospital. He died at the hospital at 11:17am.

The sports star's death was confirmed by WWE in a heartbreaking statement. They wrote: "WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away. One of pop culture’s most recognisable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s family, friends, and fans.”

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