RIP Gene Hackman (and wife)

[wnyguy]

Hackman was great in Young Frankenstein as well.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, Another Fan said:

I know Al Pacino was in that when he was like really young.  
 

I remember reading him and Al didn’t get along the best.

 

let me know how it is 

i ended up finishing it. I get why Hackman himself loved that movie, as his character is really interesting and complicated. But the movie itself is so-so.

 

on my same Hackman kick, I re-watched Mississippi burning. Probably haven’t seen that in 20 years. Just an absolute classic. 
 

Up next for me is Unforgiven. Also a movie I probably haven’t seen in over 20

years.

 

[Figster]

5 hours ago, Augie said:

 

My mother is 97 and she’s almost impossible to call. She won’t hear the ring or be able to answer in time. My sisters try at call but almost never get thru. Fortunately, she’s in a nursing home now with full time care so we no longer have to worry about her being on her own. 

 

Having said that, I have absolutely no idea what happened in this situation. RIP

All we can do is speculate. The way it appears Mrs Hackman may have died from a possible heart attack while taking her meds. Mr Hackman could have died afterwards from a broken heart. Dog still in the pen/closet starved to death.

 

The door however being open doesn't really fit this scenario and may suggest one of them realized fresh air was needed. 

 

 

[dpberr]

I like a whole lot of Gene Hackman movies.  It'd be challenging to pick a Top 10.

 

A movie of his that always comes to mind is the Quick and the Dead.  He hammed it up as the bad guy in that movie and had some great lines.

 

 

[BringBackFergy]

18 minutes ago, dpberr said:

I like a whole lot of Gene Hackman movies.  It'd be challenging to pick a Top 10.

 

A movie of his that always comes to mind is the Quick and the Dead.  He hammed it up as the bad guy in that movie and had some great lines.

 

 

“A Bridge Too Far” was a star studded cast. Just a great film and Gene was so young. “Behind Enemy Lines”…another great role for him. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

49 minutes ago, Figster said:

All we can do is speculate. The way it appears Mrs Hackman may have died from a possible heart attack while taking her meds. Mr Hackman could have died afterwards from a broken heart. Dog still in the pen/closet starved to death.

 

The door however being open doesn't really fit this scenario and may suggest one of them realized fresh air was needed. 

 

 

 

Agree.

 

I think this is the most plausible scenario. Wife dies of a medical issue, trying to go for pills. Hackman goes for help quickly and falls and dies. Explains why the one dog wasn’t uncrated. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

ABC News says that both Hackman and Wife were found negative for CO poisoning. Also Gene had a pacemaker and it's last event was on 2/17 so most likely day he died

Edited Saturday at 02:48 AM by Mike in Horseheads

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

ABC News says that both Hackman and Wife were found negative for CO2 poisoning. Also Gene had a pacemaker and it's last event was on 2/17 so most likely day he died

CO2 is not poisonous. CO is. 

 

Point of note. 

[BringBackFergy]

12 minutes ago, boyst said:

CO2 is not poisonous. CO is. 

 

Point of note. 

Correction Officers are poisonous?? I’m tellin’ Mrags what you said. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

1 hour ago, boyst said:

CO2 is not poisonous. CO is. 

 

Point of note. 

Thanks.... fixed

[SinceThe70s]

On 2/27/2025 at 9:43 AM, Fleezoid said:

RIP!!

 

One of my favorite actors. Very versatile. I told many people, he could go from a dad/grandfather like figure to an evil bad guy with a slight change of the expression on his face. He could do just about any role. 

 

Well put, versatility is how I remember him.  Hero or villain, always compelling. RIP

[Sweats]

I don't want to seem cruel or insensitive, but the guy was 95.........It should be of no great shock that he died at that age, by any circumstance.

 

Like, how much longer did anyone want for him to live?

[BringBackFergy]

3 hours ago, Sweats said:

I don't want to seem cruel or insensitive, but the guy was 95.........It should be of no great shock that he died at that age, by any circumstance.

 

Like, how much longer did anyone want for him to live?

“Gone too soon” you insensitive prick!!

[aristocrat]

5 hours ago, Sweats said:

I don't want to seem cruel or insensitive, but the guy was 95.........It should be of no great shock that he died at that age, by any circumstance.

 

Like, how much longer did anyone want for him to live?

Yea but his wife was 65 or so. And you hope the guy didn’t suffer

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 hours ago, aristocrat said:

Yea but his wife was 65 or so. And you hope the guy didn’t suffer

and what if the dog was a puppy?

[Simon]

3 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

and what if the dog was a puppy?

 

Or a pit bull? 

[Steve O]

21 hours ago, Sweats said:

I don't want to seem cruel or insensitive, but the guy was 95.........It should be of no great shock that he died at that age, by any circumstance.

Like, how much longer did anyone want for him to live?

5 years, maybe 6 or 7. Or was this a rhetorical question?

[aristocrat]

15 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

and what if the dog was a puppy?

Poor pupper. Such an odd part of the story if it was locked in a closet. Usually you might do that if someone is at the door and you’re trying to control it. Especially a German shepherd.