 After the incident , the event was halted for 15 minutes , until Vince McMahon and other WWF Corporate officials made the decision to continue the event . Hart 's coworkers , professional wrestlers and other miscellaneous workers , appeared somber after Hart 's fall as they continued to do their jobs . An hour after the event restarted , Ross informed pay @-@ per @-@ view viewers that Hart had died at the age of 34 at a nearby hospital . The fans in attendance were not told any information about what had happened to Hart , and they did not hear the announcement of his death . 
