Wellness Unmasked Weekly Rundown: We Remember Hulk Hogan and Ozzy Osbourne

Dr. Nicole Saphier pays tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan, reflecting on their public health battles and the resilience they demonstrated. Dr. Saphier discusses the realities of Parkinson’s disease and post-surgical complications, emphasizing the importance of health awareness and personal perseverance. With a focus on the human side of these icons, she reminds listeners that even the strongest among us face vulnerability, underscoring the need for faith, family, and responsible health choices in an unpredictable world. Wellness Unmasked is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Tuesday & Friday. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm doctor Nicole Sapphire and
this is your weekly rundown. This week we are remembering
two larger than life legends, Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan,
and while they dominated the stage and the wrestling ring,
they also both battled quiet wars with their own health,
reminding us that behind every icon is a human story
of resilience and sometimes vulnerability. Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness,

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a trailblazer of heavy metal, passed away at the age
of seventy six, just seventeen days after what would be
his final performance in Birmingham. Now. Ozzie had been open
about his battle of Parkinson's disease, a condition that robbed
him of mobility but not necessarily his spirit. He arrived
for the concert in a wheelchair. He sat on the

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throne while performing and was still able to give fans
that familiar fire. In his final public moments shared in
a touching video just days before his death, he was
sitting with his daughter and his grandson and you could
see him smile, and then just like that he was gone,
a soft exit from a life that had always been

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anything but quiet. Ozzi's death is believed to be from
complications of his Parkinson's and years of chronic illness, though
official details remain private at this time. Not to clarify,
Parkinson's disease itself isn't usually the direct cause of someone's death.
Most patients succumb to complications of the disease like aspiration, pneumonia, falls,

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heart issues, or other infections. As mobility and swallowing start
to get harder, the risks quietly build, and it's a
reminder that managing Parkinson's means watching the whole person, not
just the tremors. Ozzy Osbourne changed the sound of music,
He changed the stage, and he changed the way people
saw vulnerability in aging rock stars. Ozzy showed us that

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toughness isn't about never falling, It's about rising again and
again and even again, especially when the world is watching.
And just two days later, the world lost another legend
wrestling icon, Hulk Hogan real named Terry Belea, at the
age of seventy one, after he collapsed in his home
in Clearwater, Florida. He was rushed to the hospital, which

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people cite for a cardiovascular or a cardiac arrest like
a heart attack, but he could not be revived, and now,
while exact details are still emerging. While the call to
the paramedics somewhere cited cardiac arrest, it has not been
confirmed that he actually died of a heart attack. Sources
say that Hogan had undergone a recent neck surgery and

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may have suffered post operative complications. There had been rumors
circulating on social media that he wasn't doing well for
the last few months. Now. Hogan's health struggles, they weren't new.
He's endured over dozens of surgeries. I think the count
was twenty five. What they have said on his back,
his knees, his neck, his hips, his shoulders after decades
in the ring. He also publicly admitted to using anabolic

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steroids during his wrestling career, especially in the eighties and
the early nineties, and chronic steroid use itself has health consequences.
It can lead to cardiovascular strain, liver damage, hormonal imbalance,
and over time it absolutely increases the risk of heart
disease and stroke. The specific surgery that he reportedly had

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in May of this year was called an ACDF, where
they're accessing the cervical spine, but they have to go
through the front of the net to get there, oftentimes
moving to the side vocal cords the trachea that we
breathe from the esophagus that our food goes down. Some
of the rumors were saying that he had difficulties speaking
after the surgery. That can be quite common and oftentimes

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as temporary, just as some the nerve that allows us
to speak is kind of stunned. Usually gets better, but
you can certainly have bleeding and infection and other things
which can be quite serious. His wife recently shared that
he was doing better and in good spirits, but his
sudden collapse shows just how fragile recovery can be when

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a lifetime of physical trauma and medication use catches up.
And like Ozzy, Hogan, never stop given his fans absolutely everything,
even if it meant pushing through pain and showing up
at the Republican National Convention for Donald Trump. He inspired
millions to believe in themselves, to fight, and to never
back down. Two men, two legends, both gone within forty

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eight hours. Let this be a reminder. Health is fragile.
Life is precious. We only get one chance on this earth,
and legacies are built not on perfection, but on perseverance.
To Ozzie and Hulk, we thank you so much for
the music, for the memories, for the mayhem, and most
of all, for being human in a world that often
forgets what it looks like. May they rest in peace.

(04:51):
I'm doctor Nicol Sapphire. Thank you for listening to Wellness
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