The Final Hours: What Hulk Hogan's Medical Team Witnessed

A newly released police report pulls back the curtain on the last moments of WWE legend Hulk Hogan, offering a sobering window into the health crisis that preceded his death on July 24, 2025.

According to the 72-page Clearwater Police Department report obtained by Us Weekly in early June, occupational therapist Justin McCamey described finding the wrestling icon in sharp decline. When McCamey returned from the bathroom during what should have been a routine care visit, he discovered that Hogan’s condition had deteriorated rapidly.“Came in, did the…chest wasn’t elevating. Couldn’t wake him up…he just…stopped breathing,”McCamey told responding officer Jordan Bailey. Home health aide Dana Swinton, who had been present that morning, confirmed that while Hogan, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, had been alert enough to eat yogurt earlier in the day, something had shifted. By the time McCamey checked for vitals, there was no pulse.

The investigation revealed that Hogan’s health had taken a dramatic nosedive following a recent surgery. McCamey noted the wrestler had undergone approximately 20 to 30 knee, hip, and back surgeries throughout his career—a physical toll that decades of performing in the ring had exacted. The autopsy determined that Hogan died from acute myocardial infarction, a heart attack. Court documents also revealed a detail previously unknown to the public: Hogan had a history of leukemia CLL, a blood cancer affecting lymphocytes.

The Clearwater Police Department’s investigation, released on June 5, concluded with no evidence of wrongdoing. Authorities praised the cooperation of Swinton, McCamey, and Hogan’s wife, Sky Daily, acknowledging the difficulty of allowing investigators access to deeply personal information while grieving. The report marks the closure of an inquiry into the death of a man whose larger-than-life presence defined professional wrestling for generations—a man who, in his final days, was confined to a chair, breathing assisted, his body finally giving out after years of punishment.