RIP Gene Hackman

F Me In The Brain

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Hello Bob. Still talking about the queen. On INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

Yeah out of all if his great roles, The Duck of Death is still the best, to me.

mace1229

Merkin Baller said:

Eraserhead said:

Sounds like they had Chief Wiggum on the case at first.  Nothing to see here - apart from two dead bodies and a dead dog!

Bake 'em away, toys.

Something I read last night suggested the bodies showed signs of decomposition, they'd been deceased for a while. How there was still a dog alive in the house is really strange (Maybe an automatic feeder / water station?)

Yeah, I heard on the news this morning it had been 2 weeks since anyone heard from them and they showed signs of mummification.

Gern Blansten

Merkin Baller said:

Eraserhead said:

Sounds like they had Chief Wiggum on the case at first.  Nothing to see here - apart from two dead bodies and a dead dog!

Bake 'em away, toys.

Something I read last night suggested the bodies showed signs of decomposition, they'd been deceased for a while. How there was still a dog alive in the house is really strange (Maybe an automatic feeder / water station?)

yeah two dogs alive, one dead....strange

I heard that they found the wife in the bathroom with pills strewn all over. I wondered if maybe she found Gene or saw him collapse and went to get his nitro pills or something thinking he had a heart attack. Hopefully not a murder suicide.

mace1229

Gern Blansten said:

Merkin Baller said:

Eraserhead said:

Sounds like they had Chief Wiggum on the case at first.  Nothing to see here - apart from two dead bodies and a dead dog!

Bake 'em away, toys.

Something I read last night suggested the bodies showed signs of decomposition, they'd been deceased for a while. How there was still a dog alive in the house is really strange (Maybe an automatic feeder / water station?)

yeah two dogs alive, one dead....strange

I heard that they found the wife in the bathroom with pills strewn all over. I wondered if maybe she found Gene or saw him collapse and went to get his nitro pills or something thinking he had a heart attack. Hopefully not a murder suicide.

That was my next thought. Gene was 95 (I actually had no idea he was that old, I figured he was mid 80s). So not surprising he would pass naturally. Maybe the wife didn't handle it well and took the pills. And one dog died of starvation, the others drank from the toilet or something and managed to survive.
Thats my theory at this point. 

PJ_Soul

I love a ton of his movies. I think Superman will always be closest to my heart though. I do, however, clearly remember watching Enemy of the State and specifically thinking that it was so much better than I expected, mainly because of Gene Hackman. It's not my favourite of his, but it totally reminded me of how awesome he was.

josevolution

PJ_Soul said:

I love a ton of his movies. I think Superman will always be closest to my heart though. I do, however, clearly remember watching Enemy of the State and specifically thinking that it was so much better than I expected, mainly because of Gene Hackman. It's not my favourite of his, but it totally reminded me of how awesome he was.

Also Poseidon movie he was pretty good in that! Not sure why but when I heard about him & wife with dog I automatically thought they found all three laying together 

Get_Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1F9D6LVTkA

two greats

Gern Blansten

so now I'm hearing that the wife died first...so Gene must have panicked and his heart stopped if that is the case

mookeywrench

Fits my speculation that someone walked in on someone dead or dying, then stressed themselves into the same situation. Then the dog ate the pills at some point after days without food.

Loujoe

Very sad and please think of your animals.

Gern Blansten

mookeywrench said:

Fits my speculation that someone walked in on someone dead or dying, then stressed themselves into the same situation. Then the dog ate the pills at some point after days without food.

I believe the dog was in the crate. No food/water for several days

mickeyrat

Gern Blansten said:

mookeywrench said:

Fits my speculation that someone walked in on someone dead or dying, then stressed themselves into the same situation. Then the dog ate the pills at some point after days without food.

I believe the dog was in the crate. No food/water for several days

doing a necropsy to definitively call it.

sad all the way around.

Halifax2TheMax

What a shame.

• Cause of death: Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said today at a news conference. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and likely passed away before her husband, according to investigators.

• What we learned today: It is possible that Hackman was “not aware” that his wife had died several days earlier, Jarrell said. The 95-year-old actor “showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer’s disease,” she said. The couple’s deceased dog was found in a crate and could’ve died of starvation, officials said.

josevolution

Halifax2TheMax said:

What a shame.

• Cause of death: Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said today at a news conference. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and likely passed away before her husband, according to investigators.

• What we learned today: It is possible that Hackman was “not aware” that his wife had died several days earlier, Jarrell said. The 95-year-old actor “showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer’s disease,” she said. The couple’s deceased dog was found in a crate and could’ve died of starvation, officials said.

Horrible situation poor dog dying like that! There’s a lot to be said about having someone to look after you living alone and old is sad. 

mickeyrat

josevolution said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

What a shame.

• Cause of death: Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said today at a news conference. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and likely passed away before her husband, according to investigators.

• What we learned today: It is possible that Hackman was “not aware” that his wife had died several days earlier, Jarrell said. The 95-year-old actor “showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer’s disease,” she said. The couple’s deceased dog was found in a crate and could’ve died of starvation, officials said.

Horrible situation poor dog dying like that! There’s a lot to be said about having someone to look after you living alone and old is sad. 

hackman wasnt living alone.his wife died a week before he did and he was unaware of that fact apparently.

josevolution

mickeyrat said:

josevolution said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

What a shame.

• Cause of death: Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said today at a news conference. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and likely passed away before her husband, according to investigators.

• What we learned today: It is possible that Hackman was “not aware” that his wife had died several days earlier, Jarrell said. The 95-year-old actor “showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer’s disease,” she said. The couple’s deceased dog was found in a crate and could’ve died of starvation, officials said.

Horrible situation poor dog dying like that! There’s a lot to be said about having someone to look after you living alone and old is sad. 

hackman wasnt living alone.his wife died a week before he did and he was unaware of that fact apparently.

No I know I meant someone who could of checked on them sooner but I don’t know anything about how they lived 

Spiritual_Chaos

This is so sad. For him. His wife. And the dag who starved to death in a fucking crate ((