Gene Hackman

[-gg-]

He was a really great actor. He was absolutely fantastic and Unforgiven.

[sparky127]

That was a great movie.

[-gg-]

That movie gets better each time I watch it.

[Animl-AW]

In all seriousness, he was a natural actor.

[Eagler]

In all seriousness, he was a natural actor.

Excellent actor, full life, bizarre ending...RIP Gene

Odd they can't provide an answer..like other things these days, it'll just fade into the very noisy background to be replaced by the next bizarre event

Eagler

[Morpheus]

No one has thanked the MAIN BOSS God for us even having him in our lives...

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I've read in one article that it's speculated that his wife died first and that he had Alzheimer's. He was 95 and looked pretty frail in the last photos of him.

I'm wondering if his wife got sick/died/suddenly dropped dead and then he wasn't able to do anything. Maybe he fell and got hurt and was unable to get up. They say there was no gas leaks, but that there was a space-heater in one of those rooms.

This is pretty much what happened.

[sparky127]

It seems Gina knows a little too much...  Rather sus.

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not me!

Probably the poison tree frog dart assassin got them.

[guncrasher]

It seems Gina knows a little too much...  Rather sus.

gina is correct it's all over the news.  however 1 specific detail is missing, he was in the late stages of dementia, probably why he didnt notice his wife was dead.



semp

[Eagler]

When it's a blessing and not a curse..

Sad way for any to go including the dog

Rat turd poisoning causing the lungs to fill with fluid very very fast has to be the strangest cause of death I have heard in a while..

At least he has his mind, wife and dog with him now

Rip

Eagler

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In all seriousness, even though we now know that they didn't die by the hands of a poison-dart assassin coming down the chimney upside down on a cable with fishing line attached to the darts so as to retrieve them, thus concealing all evidence .......

It's still a good idea to know karate. I know karate and I do have some Ninja capability JUST for that very scenario. Nine times out of ten I'm going to liquidate any threats coming down a chimney in that manner.

 

[Widewing]

I get what killed Hackman. 95 years old, lots of previous heart trouble.

I do not buy the story that his wife Betsy died solely from Hantavirus. Like pneumonia or any other respiratory virus, the onset is marked by flu-like symptoms. No one interviewed who had interaction with Betsy that day and the day prior noticed any signs of sickness. You simply don't drop dead from this virus, like out of the blue. There's a steady decline, marked by serious symptoms which would surely motivate her to get medical help. If Betsy was deathly ill, she would not have been running errands the morning she supposedly died. If Betsy had a serious heart condition, maybe, but the autopsy did not reveal heart disease. According to the CDC, "Most patients experience progressive evidence of pulmonary edema and hypoxia, usually requiring mechanical ventilation".

It seems that an awful lot of folks buy into this, without researching the disease.

Also, keep in mind that this is the same Sheriff's Dept. and lead investigator that completely bungled the Alec Baldwin/Rust investigation.

[Eagler]

Howdy Widewing!

I thought the same thing but I guess the explanation was enough for the family who are counting their inheritance $$$$ by now...
 
Eagler

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I get what killed Hackman. 95 years old, lots of previous heart trouble.

I do not buy the story that his wife Betsy died solely from Hantavirus. Like pneumonia or any other respiratory virus, the onset is marked by flu-like symptoms. No one interviewed who had interaction with Betsy that day and the day prior noticed any signs of sickness. You simply don't drop dead from this virus, like out of the blue. There's a steady decline, marked by serious symptoms which would surely motivate her to get medical help. If Betsy was deathly ill, she would not have been running errands the morning she supposedly died. If Betsy had a serious heart condition, maybe, but the autopsy did not reveal heart disease. According to the CDC, "Most patients experience progressive evidence of pulmonary edema and hypoxia, usually requiring mechanical ventilation".

It seems that an awful lot of folks buy into this, without researching the disease.

Also, keep in mind that this is the same Sheriff's Dept. and lead investigator that completely bungled the Alec Baldwin/Rust investigation.

They say that fatal lung/heart issues can come on very suddenly - within hours. Organs can shut down quickly. Those symptoms occur in the late phases of the illness - 4-10 days after initial symptoms.

It can also cause low blood pressure - which does not have mnay apparent outward signs. People can die very suddenly from organ failure.