Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan died on Thursday , as first reported by TMZ, which indicated that he suffered a cardiac arrest. The WWE has since confirmed Hogan's death . He was 71.

Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was one of wrestling's brightest stars, beginning his career in the ring in the late 1970s and eventually joining the World Wrestling Federation (now the WWE) in 1983, helping make it the dominant company in the space, and turn professional wrestling into a major brand of entertainment throughout the '80s.

Ric Flair joined the WWF in 1991 after a lengthy career working for other promotions in the U.S. and Japan, and became one of the faces of the company and often served as a foil to Hogan throughout the '90s. Flair, who is five years Hogan's elder, paid tribute to his

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