Gene Hackman and Wife found dead

[cobainwasmurdered]

Gene Hackman and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa found dead at home with their dog

The Oscar-winning star of The French Connection, The Conversation, Superman and The Poseidon Adventure has died, along with his classical musician wife

www.theguardian.com

holy shit, no words.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Fucking awful. What a career he had and he was still pretty active at 95 by biking regularly. His wife was only in her 60s so that's terrible.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

My first thought was something like carbon monoxide. Crazy news to wake up to though.

RIP to both but this year is off to a shitty start.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Awful news.

RIP to them all.

Gene was a legend.

 

[Valeyard]

Fuck.

The dog wasn't enclosed by the pool, I hope.

 

[Gary]

One of my favorite actors of all time. RIP king.

 

[Valeyard]

 

[strummer]

Obviously one of the greatest actors of all time. Don't know what to say really. He and his wife seemed to have a great life in retirement. So tragic about her as well.

Superman and Lex are both gone now.

RIP

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Gene Hackman and Wife’s Deaths Called ‘Suspicious’ in Search Warrant: ‘No Obvious Signs of a Gas Leak’ and ‘Thorough Investigation’ Required

Gene Hackman and his wife's deaths have been called suspicious, a search warrant says. There were no obvious signs of a gas leak.

variety.com

No signs of a gas leak. There were other dogs on the property that hadn't died.

 

[Valeyard]

Just hit me that everyone in Young Frankenstein is gone.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

Mel Brooks isn't dead, don't scare me like that.

 

[Valeyard]

I said in.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Apparently they found “scattered pills”. No idea what that means or who I’m supposed to accuse of what based on this.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

He had three off-camera voice roles in the movie, I'm counting it.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Apparently they found “scattered pills”. No idea what that means or who I’m supposed to accuse of what based on this.

I saw/read a report that the wife was found dead in the bathroom with a pill bottle empty/scattered pills around her. The dog was dead close to her and Gene was dead in the mud room.

 

[strummer]

The dog was found dead in a bathroom closet with the door closed.

Wife's body was mummified and bloated as well.

 

[snuffbox]

Pharoah did it. We need Moses back

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

https://www.avclub.com/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-cause-of-death

he outlived her by as much as a week.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

So sad... sounds like he may've had Alzheimers at the time of his death too.

Gene Hackman died of heart disease, Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus: Medical examiner

The actor was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s disease and likely died one week after his wife.

www.yahoo.com

"Hackman’s cause of death was determined to be hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s disease, Jarrell said, explaining that he might have died without knowing about his wife’s condition.

Hantavirus is a rare disease that can be transmitted to people through rodent urine, droppings or saliva. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it can cause respiratory failure, and symptoms include coughing and shortness of breath."

 

[SFH]

His death was likely horrific. She spends as much as a week dead and he doesn't have the capacity to signal for assistance or even recognize the situation. He probably wasn't eating, bathing, or even toileting properly. His body would have been sending him signals to address those needs but the fucking Alzheimer’s intercepted the messages. He might have died of heart disease on paper, but he was likely going to die of a handful of other things in short order.

Hopefully they wrap this up and let the family mourn him peacefully and let his memory have some dignity.