Hulk Hogan’s cremation is delayed as household seeks medical care solutions

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Skilled wrestling icon Hulk Hogan was imagined to be cremated however was as a substitute laid to rest earlier this week.

Hogan died July 24 on the age of 71, and his cremation was permitted July 30, in accordance with paperwork obtained by Fox Information Digital.

Regardless of that and an official reason for dying — a coronary heart assault whereas battling different well being points — Sky Hogan, the wrestler's widow, mentioned the household desires "each query" answered first.

Hulk Hogan talks to Saudi followers throughout WWE's "Crown Jewel" World Cup 2018 event at King Saud College stadium in Riyadh Nov. 2, 2018. (Reuters/Faisal al Nasser)

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"[Hulk Hogan] selected cremation figuring out this bodily life is non permanent and his heavenly physique everlasting. He has not but been cremated, as our household is ensuring each query about his medical care is answered first. As soon as now we have that peace of thoughts, we'll honor his want and fulfill it with love and respect," she wrote on Instagram Wednesday.

After that publish, Hogan's daughter, Brooke, provided to pay for the post-mortem.

"I’m glad to see that my dad has not been cremated and that Sky is ready due to household questions," Brooke wrote in an Instagram story. "With all the hypothesis and uncertainty of my dad’s dying, I need to personally supply to pay for an post-mortem if that’s what it takes to get it carried out. My dad’s dignity and legacy deserves it."

Hogan had a historical past of atrial fibrillation, a coronary heart situation that causes an irregular and speedy coronary heart price, and had persistent lymphocytic leukemia, a most cancers that impacts white blood cells, in accordance with officers.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan greets the gang in the course of the World Wrestling Leisure Crown Jewel pay-per-view on the King Saud College Stadium in Riyadh Nov. 2, 2018. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

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Brooke opted not to attend her father's funeral .

"My father hated the morbidity of funerals. He did not need one. And though I do know folks grieve in some ways - and I am so grateful for all celebrations and occasions organized to honor him, as his daughter, I needed to make my very own determination to honor him one of the best and most real means I knew how...privately...the way in which that made me really feel the closest to him," she mentioned on social media. "The one factor lacking right this moment was him in is pop up garden chair watching the waves... and the sundown."

Sky described Hogan's funeral as a "celebration of life" within the aforementioned Instagram publish, calling it "some of the stunning and shifting days I've ever skilled."

Hulk Hogan died final month on the age of 71. (Al Dunlop/Toronto Star by way of Getty Photos)

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"In the identical church the place we had been married and baptized collectively, we gathered with household, pals, and family members to honor a life that touched tens of millions. The church was stuffed with tales… some that introduced tears, others that made us snigger by these tears… and with each reminiscence shared, you would really feel the love that surrounded him," Sky wrote.