Gene Hackman Cause of Death: Actor Died a Week After Wife Betsy Arakawa
variety.com
Gene Hackman died of cardiovascular disease about a week after his wife died of hantavirus, according to the New Mexico medical examiner.

Gene Hackman, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, lived in the house with his dead wife for a week before he died.

Of the three dogs living in the house, one died because it was locked in a carrier and therefore probably starved to death. The two free-living dogs were the only ones to survive.

  • otto@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Then how were neither of them discovered until remarkable time afterward? His wife may have died before him, but nobody noticed Joel well after he was dead. All of us still seems extreme less suspicious.

    • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      24 hours ago

      Wasn’t it also noted they were still pretty seclusive after COVID? Besides, not having visitors for a couple of weeks isn’t that odd.

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Joel?

      But…you can’t imagine a case where a notoriously private couple might not get visitors for a week? Visitors who wouldn’t just leave when no one answered the door, assuming they weren’t home or in the shower or something?

      • faythofdragons@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Yeah, I don’t think I have anybody that comes by my house outside of the people I live with. I don’t think it’s weird at all that somebody could be dead for a week before being noticed.

      • otto@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 days ago

        why so combative?

        maybe I just don’t go around imagining abstract death scenarios. your life sounds…. interesting….