Hogan's Widow Seeks Malpractice Lawsuit in Death Probe

Hulk Hogan's widow is preparing legal action and investigators are continuing to probe the wrestling legend's July death after questions arose about a neck operation that his wife says may have compromised a nerve controlling his breathing. The wrestler, born Terry Bollea, died at his Clearwater Beach home on July 24 at age 71. His body remains at a local funeral home while the medical review and police inquiry continue.

Sky Daily, Hogan's wife, told reporters she is investigating possible medical malpractice connected to a May neck surgery that she said left Hogan with breathing difficulties. "We are investigating for possible malpractice," she said, adding that long term shortness of breath "makes you very sick" and could have weakened him over time. Daily has reportedly ordered a private autopsy and has supplied police with surveillance video, medication records and medical files as part of the ongoing inquiry. She told investigators the phrenic nerve, which helps control the diaphragm and breathing, was damaged during the procedure, though she clarified it was not fully severed.

That account stems in part from a report by an occupational therapist who was at Hogan's home...