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Gene, his wife, and their dog were found dead. Gas leak? Foul play is not suspected.

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apple-touch-icon-28865b72953380a40aa4331 Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95 - The New York Times

The winner of two Oscars, he was hailed for his nuanced performances in films like “The French...

 

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My two favorite Gene Hackman scenes.

One serious. BTW I will never, ever let anyone shave me for this reason.

And one funny.

 

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This is from Wikipedia

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Hackman was found in the mudroom, and Arakawa was found in a bathroom, with prescription pills scattered throughout the bathroom and a pill bottle near her body. One of their dogs was dead in a bathroom closet near her; all the bodies showed signs of decay.[94][93] The couple's two other dogs were found alive on the property.[94]

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Maybe Hackman had a heart attack, and Arakawa committed suicide? The dog might have eaten some of the pills as well. One of my parent's golden retrievers got into her pills by accident in the bathroom once. That memory popped into my head when I read this. 

Hackman has a history of heart issues that required him to leave acting due to the stress. 

Could be a gas leak, if those three were in the house and the other two dogs were outside. 

The two articles referenced are...

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favicon-16x16.png Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies found Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and a dog dead when they performed a welfare check, a spokesperson said.
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Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their New Mexico home. Here's what we know so far about their cause of death.

 

  On 2/27/2025 at 12:32 PM, boogielicious said:

My two favorite Gene Hackman scenes.

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When I think of him, I think of the following movies. 

Hoosiers
Unforgiven
The Quick & the Dead
The Replacements

 

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I'm still going with gas leak, and maybe she passed out. Maybe that's why she was getting the pills, too, because she didn't feel right.

This is based on almost nothing. 🙂 

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  On 2/28/2025 at 9:38 PM, iacas said:

This is based on almost nothing. 🙂 

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Yep 😊

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  On 2/28/2025 at 9:50 PM, saevel25 said:

Yep 😊

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My opinion is, I'm saying.

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  On 2/28/2025 at 11:46 PM, iacas said:

My opinion is, I'm saying.

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I got it, lol. 

 

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Official Update

https://people.com/gene-hackman-betsy-cause-of-death-revealed-11692708
 

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  On 3/7/2025 at 9:52 PM, saevel25 said:

Official Update

https://people.com/gene-hackman-betsy-cause-of-death-revealed-11692708

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Yeah WTF? What was he doing for a week?

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  On 3/7/2025 at 10:35 PM, iacas said:

Yeah WTF? What was he doing for a week?

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Just tells me late stage Alzheimer's is terrifying that Gene couldn't even realize his wife was dead. 

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  On 3/7/2025 at 11:16 PM, saevel25 said:

Just tells me late stage Alzheimer's is terrifying that Gene couldn't even realize his wife was dead. 

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Yeah, I'd forgotten about that.

How does a fairly wealthy not-that-old person die of a disease spread through rat droppings? a) why did they have rat droppings, and b) why didn't she get medical care?

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  On 3/7/2025 at 11:24 PM, iacas said:

Yeah, I'd forgotten about that.

How does a fairly wealthy not-that-old person die of a disease spread through rat droppings? a) why did they have rat droppings, and b) why didn't she get medical care?

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Article says it's flu-like, but 42% mortality rate or something like that - she may have just thought she had the flu and needed to beat it. Whole thing is pretty horrifying. His stomach was empty, but he wasn't dehydrated. I'm amazed they didn't have any in home help. They can't have been short of funds.

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  On 3/7/2025 at 11:26 PM, Ty_Webb said:

Article says it's flu-like, but 42% mortality rate or something like that - she may have just thought she had the flu and needed to beat it. Whole thing is pretty horrifying. His stomach was empty, but he wasn't dehydrated. I'm amazed they didn't have any in home help. They can't have been short of funds.

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That too, yeah.

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  On 3/7/2025 at 11:26 PM, Ty_Webb said:

Article says it's flu-like, but 42% mortality rate or something like that - she may have just thought she had the flu and needed to beat it. Whole thing is pretty horrifying. His stomach was empty, but he wasn't dehydrated. I'm amazed they didn't have any in home help. They can't have been short of funds.

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I think he liked his privacy. So, maybe they just like it being the two of them. She obviously did a decent job of taking care of him on her own till she caught this rare virus. 

Yea, just a strange set of circumstances. 

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  On 3/7/2025 at 11:26 PM, Ty_Webb said:

Whole thing is pretty horrifying.

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Indeed. It is. RIP to them both.

All-time scene here from Unforgiven:

 

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