(03-01-2025, 09:17 AM)TheWinterSKOLdier Wrote: Loved him in everything he did. The Royal Tenenbaums was an underrated classic.

(03-01-2025, 10:45 AM)purplefaithful Wrote: My own theory is he passed away then she committed suicide after he passed.

Hope they both RIP

(03-01-2025, 04:04 PM)JimmyinSD Wrote: And the dog?

(03-07-2025, 06:30 PM)purplefaithful Wrote: SANTA FE, N.M. — Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, authorities revealed Friday.

Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said alongside state fire and health officials at a news conference.

‘‘Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer’s disease,‘’ Jarrell said. ‘’He was in a very poor state of health. He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that’s what resulted in his death.‘’

Authorities didn’t suspect foul play after the bodies of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative.

Investigators found that the last known communication and activity from Arakawa was Feb. 11 when she visited a pharmacy, pet store and grocery before returning to their gated neighborhood that afternoon, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday.

Hackman’s pacemaker last showed signs of activity a week later and that he had an abnormal heart rhythm on Feb. 18., the day he likely died, Jarrell said.

Although there was no reliable way to determine the date and time when both died, all signs point to their deaths coming a week apart, Jarrell said.

‘‘It’s quite possible he was not aware she was deceased,‘’ Jarrell said.

Source: AP