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"Hulk Hogan&amp;apos;s fans may have saved his life. In a Nov. 17 episode of Oprah Winfrey&amp;apos;s Where Are They Now? series, the 60-year-old professional wrestler recalled feeling suicidal after his reality show ended -- and how his fans helped him realize his life was still worth living.\r\n&amp;quot;Everything kind of went downhill really fast,&amp;quot; Hogan said, getting emotional while speaking to the camera. &amp;quot;There was an accident that my son was involved in and a good friend of ours was in the accident with my son. Just the marriage basically crashing an burning.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHogan&amp;apos;s wife Linda filed for divorce after 24 years of marriage in November 2007. That same month, their son Nick was indicted on four criminal charges following a car accident and later sentenced to eight months in prison. To top it off, the family&amp;apos;s reality show, Hogan Knows Best, was canceled later that year.\r\n&amp;quot;After the show, I kind of hit rock bottom,&amp;quot; Hogan said. &amp;quot;Everything got dark, everything happened at once. I was drinking alcohol very heavily. It just all kept piling up. It just kept mounting and mounting, and I didn&amp;apos;t know how to handle it. I always wondered how could someone possibly take their own life? I got to that point where I thought, &amp;apos;You know what, maybe this would be easy. Maybe this would be an easy way to fix things.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nFortunately, Hogan had an epiphany while celebrating New Year&amp;apos;s Eve with family and friends in Miami.\r\n&amp;quot;There was a bunch of negativity about the food being bad and the champagne didn&amp;apos;t work, even though it was all consumed,&amp;quot; he recalled. Stepping out for fresh air, Hogan was greeted by fans who shared their love for him. &amp;quot;It hit me that there is clean air and there is dirty air,&amp;quot; Hogan explained of the encounter. &amp;quot;Once I walked back inside again, I realized that I couldn&amp;apos;t take it anymore. I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWatch Hogan&amp;apos;s emotional confession now."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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