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RIP Gene Hackman

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One of the greatest actors of all time. And a Marine.

Personal favorites:
Bite the bullet
Unforgiven
The French connection
And of course……. Hoosiers.

Honorable mention for the Royal Tenenbaums
 
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One of the greatest actors of all time. And a Marine.

Personal favorites:
Bite the bullet
Unforgiven
The French connection
And of course……. Hoosiers.

Honorable mention for the Royal Tenenbaums

Yep he was a great actor and it was probably time for him to go at that age and how frail he looked. The circumstances sound kind of strange. Like either his wife killed herself possibly after he passed or she died before him possibly. She was much younger in her 60s also.
 
Yep he was a great actor and it was probably time for him to go at that age and how frail he looked. The circumstances sound kind of strange. Like either his wife killed herself possibly after he passed or she died before him possibly. She was much younger in her 60s also.
Even stranger with the death of the dog.
 
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Even stranger with the death of the dog.

I guess it could be carbon monoxide but with a front door open and another dog alive (if accurate) it is some strange circumstances. I wonder if they can tell for sure if they have been dead for weeks. I would hate to hear she died before him and he was in a situation where he couldn't contact anyone.
 
Wow, sorry to hear. Not for his role in it but “No way out” was one of my favorite movies he did with Kostner. Maybe Will Patton’s best role I’ve seen him in as well.
 
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He was a great actor. Little Bill was an asshole. When an actor can make you hate every fiber of their existence just based on their acting in character, you have achieved the pinnacle of acting. It's a lot different achieving that vs being a hero. Not sure people can understand that.
In the best actors embrace those rules because they are a true challenge and fun for them. And Hackman was excellent at both being the hero and the villain.
 
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Shoutout to all the libs watchin this thread but not posting cause they aren't sure if he voted for Harris or Trump.
Doesn't matter to me either way. At least he's not a woke asshole like DeNiro, Affleck, Stiller, DiCaprio, etc playing the libtard card and keeping his politics to himself. Hollyweird has shot themselves in the foot, which is okay by me. They are only hurting their own bank accounts. People have stopped watching their woke shit. Disney has gone..............

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I had a feeling she probably died before him but didn't think it would be a whole week. Explains the dog dying in his holding pen if Hackman was really out of it when she died. That picture from like a year ago of him last in public showed he was on the verge of being unable to care for himself.
 


I had a feeling she probably died before him but didn't think it would be a whole week. Explains the dog dying in his holding pen if Hackman was really out of it when she died. That picture from like a year ago of him last in public showed he was on the verge of being unable to care for himself.
This really isn't that surprising if it went down with that. You get a person with dementia, wife could die, the dog starves, then the dementia patient finally expires. I lived this when my parents hit 90 years old plus. It's sad, but it happens. I don't think it's any kind of conspiracy theory.
 
This really isn't that surprising if it went down with that. You get a person with dementia, wife could die, the dog starves, then the dementia patient finally expires. I lived this when my parents hit 90 years old plus. It's sad, but it happens. I don't think it's any kind of conspiracy theory.

I agree and if they didn't speak with neighbors or relatives that often it explains there being no check on them request sooner. How she died of what she did sounds pretty unusual though even though there are cases of that there.
 
I agree and if they didn't speak with neighbors or relatives that often it explains there being no check on them request sooner. How she died of what she did sounds pretty unusual though even though there are cases of that there.
She did die a lot younger than he did, but sometimes people die from a broken heart dealing with their loved one no longer being coherent or having any cognizance. I'm just guessing she was way younger than Gene, she was an attractive woman.
 
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She did die a lot younger than he did, but sometimes people die from a broken heart dealing with their loved one no longer being coherent or having any cognizance. I'm just guessing she was way younger than Gene, she was an attractive woman.
They just confirmed that she actually died of Hanti virus and that she died several days before Hackman died. Hackman had such severe dementia that he probably didn’t even know what was going on. Kind of a sad situation.
 
She contracted that virus which is most prevalent in NM and Arizona but almost unheard of elsewhere and died. He was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s which left him unable to care for himself or the dog -meaning he died of thirst and starvation.
She was likely in decent health and of course several years younger so I think most people thought she had things going on normally.
He went into A-fib and died a day later per a post mortem check of his pacemaker.
 
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She contracted that virus which is most prevalent in NM and Arizona but almost unheard of elsewhere and died. He was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s which left him unable to care for himself or the dog -meaning he died of thirst and starvation.
She was likely in decent health and of course several years younger so I think most people thought she had things going on normally.
He went into A-fib and died a day later per a post mortem check of his pacemaker.

They said she looked alright walking around on video at a store either the day she died or the day before that. I guess that wouldn't tell how she was feeling though. I think they were pretty private people. Kind of surprising with how he looked a year ago they didn't have to get a private caregiver to help with him before all this happened.
 
They said she looked alright walking around on video at a store either the day she died or the day before that. I guess that wouldn't tell how she was feeling though. I think they were pretty private people. Kind of surprising with how he looked a year ago they didn't have to get a private caregiver to help with him before all this happened.
The virus has variable effects and some walk around thinking they have picked up a virus or bug that is not rough while others are knocked down from the start.
 
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They say Hackman's will left nothing to his three kids (explains the lack of contact between them) and had it all going to his wife whose will said her estate is to go to charities if she died within 90 days of him. I wonder if his will considered something like this happening and how specific it was he didn't want the kids getting anything. It's kind of strange he would have a falling out with all of his kids to do his will that way. I have definitely seen kids that needed to be left out of wills before though.
 
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