India, July 24 -- Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea, died on Thursday, July 24, at the age of 71. The TMZ report stated that the wrestler was pronounced dead at the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Florida home. The WWE Hall of Famer's passing not only marked the end of an era in professional wrestling but also brought renewed attention to key moments which defined his legacy outside the ring. One such moment was Hogan's high-profile legal battle with Gawker Media.

Hogan had filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media over the 2012 publication of a sex tape of him and the wife of radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge Clem. Hogan, according to another ABC news report, had told a Florida court that he had no kno...