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. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

On 3/11/2025 at 10:58 AM, Fleezoid said:

 

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. 

it actually turns out that gene hackman’s daughter is a bit of a mess from some of the articles I have read. 
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14480691/Gene-Hackman-daughter-dead-wife-starving-confused.html

[US Egg]

See the media can’t let Mr. Hackman die with dignity. Typical.

[DrDawkinstein]

On 3/12/2025 at 2:11 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

it actually turns out that gene hackman’s daughter is a bit of a mess from some of the articles I have read. 
 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14480691/Gene-Hackman-daughter-dead-wife-starving-confused.html

 

I dont understand why anyone would try to tear her down. I dont see anything saying she has any problems in this article, nor do I care to debate it.

 

Let the family grieve. Tragic things happen.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I dont understand why anyone would try to tear her down. I dont see anything saying she has any problems in this article, nor do I care to debate it.

 

Let the family grieve. Tragic things happen.

I don’t disagree with you. As I recall from the back and forth on this, my point in posting this was related to the prior discussion re her not checking in frequently with her dad. Not trying to tear her down; more of an explanation that maybe she had her own stuff she was dealing with. 

[DrDawkinstein]

17 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I don’t disagree with you. As I recall from the back and forth on this, my point in posting this was related to the prior discussion re her not checking in frequently with her dad. Not trying to tear her down; more of an explanation that maybe she had her own stuff she was dealing with. 

 

For sure. I mean, we talk about her being his "kid" but she's 58 years old and the youngest of his children. She probably has her own grandkids she's chasing around, or whatever. Certainly her own life. Plus, I have to imagine children of famous celebrities have very different relationships with their parents than a lot of us. Who knows what "normal" is for them.