RIP Gene Hackman
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 19:20 last edited by Mik
An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 19:35 last edited by
I saw somewhere they are not yet ruling out foul play.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 19:40 last edited by
Sure is fishy.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 19:40 last edited by
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An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 19:43 last edited by@Mik said in RIP Gene Hackman:
An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
He could have died naturally, and then she took her own life with the pills. Not sure how to explain the dog.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 20:50 last edited by
He’s the dog that didn’t bark.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 23:14 last edited by
It sounds like she died first? They mentioned decomposition with her but not him.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 23:19 last edited by
She was only 65… Concert pianist. The door was open, so any gas would have dissipated.
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wrote on 27 Feb 2025, 23:59 last edited by
I read that the dog was in a closet.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 00:04 last edited by
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wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 01:45 last edited by
Double suicide maybe? Maybe one had terminal health issue?
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@Mik said in RIP Gene Hackman:
An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
He could have died naturally, and then she took her own life with the pills. Not sure how to explain the dog.
wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 02:28 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in RIP Gene Hackman:
@Mik said in RIP Gene Hackman:
An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
He could have died naturally, and then she took her own life with the pills. Not sure how to explain the dog.
Had the same thought. Maybe heart attack by Gene, suicide by his wife, and forgot about one of their 3 dogs who unfortunately starved to death. But who knows… maybe he found her, then went downstairs and fell out of panic and…
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@Mik said in RIP Gene Hackman:
An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
He could have died naturally, and then she took her own life with the pills. Not sure how to explain the dog.
wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 02:29 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in RIP Gene Hackman:
@Mik said in RIP Gene Hackman:
An open prescription bottle of WHAT exactly? And no one kills themself in the mud room.
It would be tough to get a dog to swallow enough pills to kill it, and why not the other two dogs? CO is the only thing that makes any sense.
He could have died naturally, and then she took her own life with the pills. Not sure how to explain the dog.
Had the same thought. Maybe heart attack by Gene, suicide by his wife, and forgot about one of their 3 dogs who unfortunately starved to death. But who knows… maybe he found her, then went downstairs and fell out of panic and…
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wrote on 28 Feb 2025, 19:09 last edited by
Dead for “days or possibly weeks”
The wife showed “mummification in both hands and feet”
Dead dog was “in a closet in the bathroom”.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/gene-hackman-death-updates.html
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wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 16:40 last edited by jon-nyc 3 Jan 2025, 16:41
Pacemaker data indicates he died 9 days before they found him.
CO poisoning ruled out.
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wrote 25 days ago last edited by jon-nyc 3 Jul 2025, 22:11
Now they’re saying she died first from hantavirus, which you catch from rodent excrement, which causes respiratory failure. She died around A WEEK before he did.
He had Alzheimer’s which might explain why he didn’t report his wife’s condition or perhaps even notice she was dead. He died from heart disease.
Now I read the dead dog was crated. They don’t say explicitly but starvation/thirst would be the logical explanation. Must have sucked to be that dog for its last days.
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wrote 25 days ago last edited by
That makes more sense. Early reports mentioned that she had decomposed, but nothing about him, indicating that she had died first.
Poor dog.
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Now they’re saying she died first from hantavirus, which you catch from rodent excrement, which causes respiratory failure. She died around A WEEK before he did.
He had Alzheimer’s which might explain why he didn’t report his wife’s condition or perhaps even notice she was dead. He died from heart disease.
Now I read the dead dog was crated. They don’t say explicitly but starvation/thirst would be the logical explanation. Must have sucked to be that dog for its last days.
wrote 25 days ago last edited by@jon-nyc said in RIP Gene Hackman:
Now they’re saying she died first from hantavirus, which you catch from rodent excrement, which causes respiratory failure. She died around A WEEK before he did.
He had Alzheimer’s which might explain why he didn’t report his wife’s condition or perhaps even notice she was dead. He died from heart disease.
Now I read the dead dog was crated. They don’t say explicitly but starvation/thirst would be the logical explanation. Must have sucked to be that dog for its last days.
Well that sounds awful all around.
There have been a number of discussions in Piano Tech Journals/forums over the years warning how not to deal with mouse poop commonly found inside pianos. Particularly in south western states, how important it is not to simply use a shop-vac. The disease itself is fairly uncommon, but the mortality rate is quite high.
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wrote 25 days ago last edited by jon-nyc 3 Jul 2025, 22:37
She was a classical pianist. I wonder if her exposure was related to her piano.
By the way, the pills found around her were totally unrelated to the illness. The article said what they were for, something common and I already forgot.
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She was a classical pianist. I wonder if her exposure was related to her piano.
By the way, the pills found around her were totally unrelated to the illness. The article said what they were for, something common and I already forgot.
wrote 25 days ago last edited by Tom-K 3 Jul 2025, 23:44@jon-nyc said in RIP Gene Hackman:
She was a classical pianist. I wonder if her exposure was related to her piano.
It is a well know documented fact that the better a person can play the piano the more abbreviated their lives.
From my playing ability I look to live well beyond 90, maybe even to 100. I wish you all well.
