A big piece of my childhood has gone.
Thank you Terry Bollea, known forever to American history as Hulk Hogan. You brought a lot of joy and pleasure into our lives.
There is a chapter of the book I've written, that focuses on the Eighties. As I say about the year 1984, any twelve months that kicked off with Hulk Hogan defeating the Iron Sheik for the WWF championship was bound to be on fire.
Hulkamania, now and forever.
EDIT: it has been a sad day, but Hogan's fans are remembering the many good times we had watching "the Hulkster" as he entertained us both inside the ring and out.
I think Hogan would be laughing hard at this article from The Babylon Bee, one of my favorite websites.
Hulk Hogan Makes Surprise Entrance To Challenge Jacob To Wrestling Match
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A piece of my youth died today too. The Hulkster was THE superhero of the 1980s.
Too many Generation X icons dying in the past week. Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan. Chuck Mangione died too. Wish it would stop.
I remember the very first time I heard the name "Hulk Hogan". It was during phys ed in March 1984, at Community Baptist School in Reidsville, North Carolina. I was a few weeks from turning ten. A classmate named Pete made a reference to Hogan. I had no idea who he was talking about but with a name like "Hulk Hogan" it was easy to envision someone with lots of musculature! I finally saw Hogan a few months later. I wasn't expecting somebody so blonde, LOL.
He was certainly larger than life, that's for sure!
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