Brooke Hogan is offering to pay for an autopsy on her late father Hulk Hogan’s body, citing “questions” about the circumstances of his death.
“I’m glad to see that my dad has not been cremated and that Sky [Daily, Hulk’s widow] is waiting because of family questions,” Brooke, 37, wrote in an Instagram Stories post on Thursday, August 7.
“With all of the speculation and uncertainty of my dad’s death, I want to personally offer to pay for an autopsy if that’s what it takes to get it done,” the former Hogan Knows Best star continued.
She concluded, “My dad’s dignity and legacy deserves it.”
In a subsequent post, Brooke elaborated further on the questions she has about her father’s death. She said she had previously seen “multiple near-perfect blood panels” while taking care of her father and organizing his medical care. The pair had been estranged for around two years before Hulk’s death on July 24.
“I was told he was cremated without an autopsy, which of course freaked me out — but he has not been cremated and [Sky’s] doing the research,” Brooke wrote.
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“I don’t think anyone thinks there’s foul play suspected, but the man had a very complicated medical history,” she continued. “Hearing what was coming out was shocking to me, given that I’ve seen MULTIPLE near-perfect blood panels of my father’s and then all of a sudden everything’s different? Anyone would want answers. And she’s doing just that.”
Brooke added, “Stop twisting stuff, people.”
Brooke previously raised questions about Hulk’s health before his death during a Tuesday, August 5, appearance on former family friend Bubba the Love Sponge’s radio show, reacting to a medical examiner’s report that confirmed Hulk died from acute myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack.
Documents obtained by Us Weekly on July 31 also indicate that Hulk had a history of leukemia CLL, a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells. Hulk’s cancer diagnosis was not previously made public.
Brooke Hogan has detailed what led to the dissolution of her relationship with her father, Hulk Hogan, in the years before his death. “We never had a ‘big fight,’” Brooke, 37, shared via Instagram on Tuesday, July 28. “My father and I never ‘fought.’ It was a series of phone calls no one will ever […]
“That’s what has me puzzled because they’re saying, ‘Oh, he had leukemia,’” Brooke shared with Bubba the Love Sponge. “And I’m like, ‘I saw his blood work every time [he had a past surgery].’”
Brooke said that she was there for all of her dad’s surgeries except for his most recent heart procedure earlier this year.
“One doctor, I quote, said, ‘His blood is like a 25-year-old,’” she said, adding that Hulk “took the most care of his body. He was going to an anti-aging specialist.”
“Being through all the surgeries, you have to do a blood panel before any major surgery. How didn’t nobody catch a high white blood count? That’s what bothers me the most,” she continued.
Brooke said, “We don’t have cancer that runs in our family. It seems weird.”
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Hulk Hogan privately battled cancer before his sudden death. Hogan suffered from Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a type of cancer that affects white blood cells called lymphocytes, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly. CLL typically progresses more slowly than other forms of leukemia, per the Mayo Clinic. The disease usually impacts older adults. It […]
She also said that while Hulk’s heart “was compromised,” she doesn’t think his final surgery “should’ve been the thing that took him out.”
A spokesperson for the Clearwater, Florida, police department told TMZ Sports that “as previously stated, there are no signs of foul play or anything suspicious about the death.”
Hulk died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater on July 24. He was 71.
