Linda Hogan (TV personality)
American television personality
Linda Marie Claridge (born August 24, 1959), also known as Linda Hogan, is an American television personality who was the first wife of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. She is best known for her role on the American reality television show Hogan Knows Best.
Early years
Claridge was raised Catholic and is of British and Irish descent. She is the older sister of actress Christie Claridge. In 1977, she graduated from Chatsworth High School in California. She was a winning contestant on Match Game in 1978.
Career
In 1995, Claridge appeared on Hulk Hogan's album Hulk Rules, where she sang back-up vocals along with The Wrestling Boot Band. Claridge entered the spotlight in 2005 as "Linda Hogan", due to the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best. A 2005 documentary DVD on street racers, called Vehicular Lunatics, includes a segment with Claridge. Claridge wrote a book, Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes, which was published in 2011.
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