RIP: Gene Hackman (1930-2025)

[Dback Jon]

Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease and Alzheimer’s a Week After Betsy Arakawa; Wife’s Cause of Death Determined to Be Hantavirus​

 

[Chaplin]

The timeline doesn't seem to fit does it?

 

[Shane]

The timeline doesn't seem to fit does it?

Well states she died a week prior which would seem odd to most. Why didn't he report it etc. call 911 etc.?

But then when I see he had Alzheimers it makes much more sense to me.

 

[Dback Jon]

The timeline doesn't seem to fit does it?

it does.

She died. He wandered around the house 6 days before probably starving to death. Unfortunately from personal experience with my mom, people with advanced alzheimer's don't want to eat - and their body ends up shutting down completely.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

Yeah. Can't really comment. Definitely seems like a bizarre situation and really an odd thing for the wife to die from.

They haven't been public in a long time.

If it makes sense to the family then it's probably the end of it.

I could completely see a situation where she was the caregiver and passed and a 94 year old with Alzheimer's is confused and aimless for a week before passing as well.

Even that age without Alzheimer's can be tough.

That's the age my grandmother was when she passed and a guys bulk of the time she had no idea who all these people were in her house - very friendly and polite about it and things would register on occasion, but definitely a slide over her last 6-8 months. One morning she thought my uncle (her son) and I were rival coffee salesmen, once he left the room she leans in and discreetly asks if we got along ok or if there was some professional friction. I could completely see her not knowing how to do our handle situations that would have been obvious even a year earlier

 

[Mainstreet]

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A very nice picture from better times.