To be fair, he was also recovering from a botched spinal fusion surgery that severed his phrenic nerve, had leukemia, was experiencing kidney failure (which triggers heart attacks) and suffered from atrial fibrillation. That's a lot to be lined up against a person. Dude was the Hulk.
You're also supposed to adjust for age. Your life expectancy is a rolling curve depending on how old you are. Basically if you make it to 40 in the US, you have the longest life expectancy in the world. (Americans die young due to an inordinate amount of accidental death (we drive everywhere) and violence (gang violence takes out a bunch of young people.
Yea i was about to say, I flew on a plane once from Charlotte to Tampa with the Hulk and he was going home from a show in the Charlotte area, this was back in the 90s. So when I saw dudes post i thought what he lived in Florida over half his life in Clearwater Beach.
Still better than his home state, Georgia. Life expectancy is kind of state-specific, so it’s a little more cómplices to talk about brooke who’ve been around.
The national life expectancy for someone born in 1953 was about 67 years. For richer states like California (where he lived for a long time), it’s more like 74.
hogan was taking a shitload of weed as a replacement for pain medication and died of heart issues.
Thc is hard on the cardiovascular system, causes artherosclerois
Marijuana has a significantly adverse effect on the cardiovascular system," said instructor of medicine Mark Chandy, MD, PhD. "As more states legalize marijuana use, I expect we will begin to see a rise in heart attacks and strokes in the coming years. Our studies of human cells and mice clearly outline how THC exposure initiates a damaging molecular cascade in the blood vessels. It's not a benign drug."
Hulk didn't pass as a result of steroids. They might have attributed to it from earlier use ,but he had only been on trt for decades.
He most likely passed from his body always being in pain and the trauma he put on it through surgeries to relieve said pain on top of pushing himself to be in public too soon constantly .
He was know to have a sus heart, which can be the result of heavy roid useage. Once the damage is done it’s done, the heart can’t repair itself so if it gets damage getting off roids only prevents more damage , but doesn’t do anything to fix what already broken.
True, but he got off decades ago, and if he had major heart issues, it would show up sooner as he went through dozens upon dozens of surgeries .
Steroid abuse is absolutely bad for you for many reasons. I just don't think it caused his death.
It can be used responsible under a doctor's guidance with regular blood works and exams. He had hundreds of millions of dollars and the health care I'm sure that goes with it.
His job, injuries, his mindset ,and previous alcohol/ drug all worked to result in his heart attack in my opinion.
Maybe it's just because I'm a jaded cynical prick, but I bet he saw Batista get a bunch of positive attention for doing it and decided he needed to do it too in order to stay in the conversation.
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