RIP Gene Hackman (and wife)

[Mike in Horseheads]

Did they report what happened to the dog?

[BringBackFergy]

Tragic story. Poor guy loses his wife, wanders around house for a week, eats nothing and dies. 
 

[Wacka]

8 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Did they report what happened to the dog?

The dog was in a kennel/carrter. took like it starved dehydrated to death.

[The Poojer]

Oh FFS.....how awful

 

21 hours ago, Just Jack said:

Oh, this is sad...

 

Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week prior, authorities say

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

By the way, so much for his daughter being “very close” to him. From her prior comments, seems like she didn’t even know he had Alzheimer’s.

 

I know every family is different, but wish there had been other family members checking in or other care givers to pop in and out. 

[Fleezoid]

On 3/8/2025 at 2:44 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

By the way, so much for his daughter being “very close” to him. From her prior comments, seems like she didn’t even know he had Alzheimer’s.

 

I know every family is different, but wish there had been other family members checking in or other care givers to pop in and out. 

 

That was my first inclination. But the more I thought about it, it occurred to me that it's much less urgent to check in on family or friends when there is 2 people in the household. If there is a medical emergency, the other person is normally there to call 911. It's much more important to do wellness checks on someone that lives by themselves.