Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant took wrestling to new heights. Here, Hogan takes to the air to deliver an elbow smash to Andre the Giant during a 1980 match in Montreal, Canada.Credit…The Stanley Weston Archive/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan was one of the first of many wrestlers who crossed over into movies. Here, Hogan and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa circle one another in a scene from 1982’s “Rocky III.”Credit…Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan sharing a meal in New York with his parents, Peter Bollea and Ruth Bollea, in January of 1984.Credit…WWE/WWE, via Getty Images
Hulk Hogan posing in ring during a match, circa 1985. Credit…WWE/WWE, via Getty Images
1980s icons Mr. T as B.A. Baracus, William Perry as himself and Hulk Hogan as himself (Left to right) for an episode of “The A Team.”Credit…NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal, via Getty Images
Hulk Hogan, Mr. T and Cyndi Lauper at the 27th Grammy Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in 1985.Credit…Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
Mary Gross as a backup singer, Mr. T as bodyguard, Billy Crystal as Prince and Hulk Hogan as the bodyguard during an “I Am Also the World” skit on “Saturday Night Live” in 1985.Credit…Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank, via Getty Images
Hulk Hogan during a 1986 taping of “Love Boat.”Credit…ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content, via Getty Images
Hulk Hogan with Dolly Parton. Parton had once read a psychic’s prediction that said she would meet a 300-pound wrestler, fall in love, and write a hit song titled “He’s Got a Headlock on my Heart.”Credit…Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan choked during scene from the 1989 film, “No Holds Barred.”Credit…TriStar/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan playfully menacing his then-wife Linda as the couple enjoy an outing on a speedboat while traveling along the Intracoastal Waterway.Credit…Acey Harper/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan with his children, Brooke, 3, and Nicholas, 1.Credit…Acey Harper/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan flexing as he rides his Hulkster motorcyle. Credit…Acey Harper/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan shows his softer side, dancing in a tutu during a scene in “Mr. Nanny” (1993).Credit…New Line Cinema/Getty Images
Hulk Hogan shocked wrestling when he returned with World Championship Wrestling in 1994, the main rival to the World Wrestling Federation (as it was known at the time).Credit…Raudies/ullstein bild, via Getty Images
Hulk Hogan goes up against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at Wrestlemania X8 in 2002.Credit…George Pimentel/WireImage, via Getty Images
Brooke Hogan, Hulk Hogan, Linda Hogan, and Nick Hogan (from left to right) in “Hogan Knows Best,” the reality documentary television series about the family that debuted on July 10, 2005Credit…Pink Sneakers Production/Kobal, via Shutterstock
Vanessa Warren, Hulk Hogan and Nikki Smith (from left to right) appearing in an episode of “American Gladiators.”Credit…Peter Hopper Stone/NBC
Hulk Hogan greets the crowd during one of his final World Wrestling Entertainment appearances, the Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on Nov. 2, 2018.Credit…Fayez Nureldine/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
