Hulk Hogan’s widow, Sky, is mourning the loss of her father Kirk after he died on Wednesday from colon cancer – less than a year after the death of her husband.
She broke the news to her followers on social media, saying the past 12 months have ‘gutted’ her following the initial death of the legendary wrestler from cardiac arrest in Florida last July.
‘My father Kirk passed away last night after a hard battle with colon cancer that became increasingly difficult this last year,’ she wrote. ‘I’m especially thankful to his wife, Robin – thank you for taking such good care of my dad through all of this.
‘Losing my husband and my father in the same year has honestly gutted me. I’m comforted somewhat knowing my sisters and I got to be there with him, love him through it all, and make sure he never felt alone at the end.’
She added: ‘He was a true outdoorsman. He loved hiking, camping, canoeing, wildlife, and teaching us every random forest trick he knew. He loved westerns and old kung fu movies too, and somehow made all of those things feel magical when we were kids. So many of my childhood memories are tied to the outdoors because of him.’
The legendary wrestler’s son, Nick, commented on the post: ‘I’m so sorry Sky. We all loved him very much and will miss him deeply.’
Hulk Hogan pictured with his widow, Sky, who has announced the death of her father
Sky said that her father Kirk (second left) had been battling with colon cancer
Sky, 47, was married to Hulk Hogan for almost two years before his death. She was his third wife and they had tied the knot in Clearwater, Florida in September 2023.
‘I wasn’t ready for this…and my heart is in pieces,’ Sky wrote at the time of her husband’s death.
‘He had been dealing with some health issues, but I truly believed we would overcome them. I had so much faith in his strength. I thought we still had more time.’
Hulk had been cut off by daughter Brooke for around two years before his death last year but her husband, the former NHL player Steven Olesky, insisted it had nothing to do with him marrying Sky.
The wrestler was once caught using racial slurs while discussing his daughter’s ex-boyfriend in a leaked audio recording and Hulk, real name Terry Boella, declined to walk her down the aisle when she married Olesky in 2022.
A year later, when Hulk was getting married, Brooke was not at the ceremony either.
‘That’s not the case at all. My wife will say it – it had nothing to do with his new wife. It had to do with the way he treated (Brooke),’ Oleksy told People last year.
Brooke had twins during her estrangement from her famous father and Olesky said the wrestler did not display any interest in meeting them before he died.
‘I sent text messages once again to kind of gauge where he was at, but there was no interest,’ he added.
Brooke was also removed from her father’s will at her own request before his death.
