Hulk Hogan’s body is still lying in rest waiting to be cremated nearly five weeks after his dramatic death, Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
And his estranged daughter Brooke paid a poignant visit Tuesday to see the wrestling legend laying at rest – amid explosive conspiracy theories circulating about his final hours.
The 37-year-old was accompanied by her husband, former NHL player Steve Oleksy, Tuesday to a private viewing at a funeral parlor in Clearwater, Florida.
Brooke, who was estranged from her father when he died last month, looked somber as she emerged from the building clutching a memorial pamphlet bearing his real name, Terry Bollea, exclusive Daily Mail photos show.
Hogan’s devastated widow Sky Daily, who was with the WWE star when he collapsed from a heart attack at his $8million waterfront home on July 24, confirmed her husband’s body continues to lay in rest despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise.
Asked if her husband has been cremated yet, she told Daily Mail firmly, ‘no.’
‘Brooke asked me if she could visit her father and of course I said, yes,’ she added.
It comes after Brooke publicly reignited controversy surrounding her Hogan’s final hours, demanding access to police bodycam footage and 911 tapes she claims could ‘change the narrative’ of his sudden death.
Sources told Daily Mail Brooke insisted on making the visit, not only to pay her respects and say goodbye to her father, but to see with her own eyes to confirm no cremation had taken place and that he had undergone an autopsy.
Dressed casually in a slouchy top and sweatpants, she appeared emotional as she embraced a man outside before leaving for a meeting with her attorneys – and later, detectives.
Speaking just hours later on close family friend Bubba the Love Sponge’s radio show, Brooke confirmed she had finally been able to see her father, pray over him, and say goodbye.
‘He looked like he was ready to go on TV,’ she said. ‘He was big, strong, hair looking good, bandana, Fu Manchu going on – he looked great.
‘I said prayer over him and got to say my final goodbyes. It was super nice.
Brooke added that the visit put her at peace, confirming: ‘Everybody appears to be acting in good faith and doing the right thing… from what my heart is telling me, everybody’s on the up and up and trying to do their jobs.’
Daily is reported to have had a private autopsy performed on the former WWE icon to help answer questions, but has not revealed the findings.
A somber Brooke Hogan was seen on Tuesday visiting a funeral home where the body of her late father Hulk Hogan is still being held
The 37-year-old appeared downcast after viewing her dad’s embalmed body at a Clearwater, Florida funeral home five weeks after his sudden death
It comes after the singer publicly reignited controversy surrounding her Hogan’s final hours, demanding access to police bodycam footage and 911 tapes she claims could ‘change the narrative’ of his sudden death.
Following the visit to her attorney after seeing her father, she and Oleksy visited detectives at Clearwater Police headquarters.
Brooke had been estranged from her father and asked to be written out of his will in 2023, but has become the most vocal member of the family publicly demanding answers about his death
The 37-year-old was snapped clutching what appeared to be a funeral program for her father, whose real name was Terry Bollea, close to her chest as she left
She stayed for two hours in order to glean as much information as possible from them about the investigation, our source said.
Brooke’s online outburst last week came as Sky also poured fuel on the fire by alleging her late husband could have been victim of medical malpractice at the time of his death.
Daily told TMZ that his phrenic nerve – which controls the ability to breathe – was ‘compromised’ during recent surgery.
But Brooke, long estranged from Hogan and who asked in 2023 to be written out of his will, has been the most vocal in calling for more answers.
According to the medical examiner certificate obtained by Daily Mail, Hogan’s death was natural, caused by an acute myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack.
It also indicated that he had a history of ‘atrial fibrillation and leukemia.’
Sources told Daily Mail Brooke insisted on seeing her father’s body to confirm that he had not been cremated yet
She was joined by her husband, former NHL player Steven Oleksy at the funeral home before visiting her attorney
However Brooke took to Instagram last week to challenge the findings, saying: ‘FACT: I’ve 100% gotten legit calls from professionals- from police officials to nurses that were supposedly with my dad on the day of his death telling ME I need to see body cam footage and I need to get a hold of the 911 tapes because they supposedly contain information that could potentially shed enough light to change the narrative we/I/everyone’s been hearing.
‘Those same professionals feel so passionately about what they witnessed, they have continued to contact me and push me to find specific answers to this very day.
‘They are quite literally putting their careers at risk because they feel so compelled to do the right thing.’
And in a telling sentence about her relationship with Hogan’s third wife Sky, she said: ‘The short of it is – it’s all up to my dad’s wife and I have zero control.
‘I cannot do anything, my hands are tied, and I have no say in anything regarding my dad – even as his daughter. Those are the rules as I’ve been told.’
In another outburst she complained: ‘I do not have any information on if or when he is being cremated. Could have been right after he died, could be tomorrow. I do not know.
Hogan’s third wife and now widow Sky Daily,46, confirmed to Daily Mail that cremation has not yet taken place, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise
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‘I have been told by my brother there will be an autopsy. I do not know who will be performing the autopsy. Any information I receive from an autopsy – if one happens – whether I believe it or not, I will be keeping private out of respect for my father.
‘I do not have answers as to if the officials who have contacted me about what they witnessed relayed this information to the medical examiner’s office. And if they did, I do not know why it wasn’t taken into consideration.
‘All body cam footage and 911 dispatch calls are not available via the freedom of information act. It’s all on lockdown. I do not know why.’
She continued: ‘I have to trust that my brother is doing his best to get answers. At the end of the day, answers would be great, but none of it brings my dad back. And my hands are tied’.
Widow Sky’s suspicions are based on the view of an occupational therapist who was at the Hogan mansion when he stopped breathing.
The witness, who has not been named, allegedly told officers that during a recent medical procedure a surgeon ‘severed’ Hogan’s phrenic nerve.
Brooke suddenly injected new controversy into the family drama by claiming that a mysterious police video will ‘change the narrative’ around Hogan’s death
Brooke released the bombshell statement on her Instagram story last week
Police at the scene are said to have discussed the apparent revelation with conversations caught on body cam, according to TMZ.
The outlet claimed that Hulk did not clench his chest when he was believed to have gone into cardiac arrest at home, but instead simply stopped breathing.
Hogan was declared dead in hospital 90 minutes after paramedics arrived at his mansion.
Sky has disclosed there has been an autopsy, but she has not revealed the results.
Clearwater Police has previously attempted to quash any outlandish theory about the star’s final moments, saying: ‘As previously stated, there are no signs of foul play or anything suspicious about the death.’
However, the department has also told the New York Post they are continuing the investigation and ‘have been in communication with family members – including his son Nick and daughter Brooke’.
Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, died on July 24, after having a heart attack at his home in Clearwater, Florida
Hogan pictured with Brooke, ex wife Linda and son Nick in 2005
Also stoking the fires of controversy has been radio personality and podcaster Bubba the love sponge, real name Tom Alan Clem.
On Tuesday he called for Clearwater Police chief Eric Gandy to be fired over his handling of the death ‘when this all shakes out’.
On his show, he asked: ‘Do you have any footage of the home? I know the home has a surveillance system.
‘Did you go and preserve that? Or now that we’re now how many weeks away… has this system now rerecorded over itself and it’s not available?’
He also demanded to know: ‘Did you go in immediately and make it a crime scene? Or at least an investigative scene? Did you round up all the pill bottles, did you get video surveillance from the night before and of the event? Not just relying on the police body cam.
‘Who gave Hogan his prescriptions the night before, or the day of?’
He alleged: ‘You’ve done none of it. And the police department told the medical examiner, “nah, you don’t have to do one on this one. He died of an old man heart attack. He had a history of afib and leukemia. Nothing to see here”.’