Gene Hackman and his wife found dead at their home

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewkkkvkzn9o

This one hitting me hard!!

He was so good in so many movies, too many to name them all:

The French Connection, Bonnie & Clyde, The Conversation, Mississippi Burning, Reds, Under Fire, Bat*21, Superman and Unforgiven

He won Best Actor Oscar in a leading role for The French Connection and Best Actor Oscar in a supporting role for Unforgiven.

The article says Oscar-winning US actor Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog have been found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Maybe a gas leak?

 

 

This is so very sad.

Gene Hackman died of heart disease on 2/18.

His wife died of hantavirus from rats 7 days prior on 2/11.

From the info in the article, he lived for a week after his wife died but he was in such poor health from Alzheimer's and heart disease, it's possible he wasn't aware she was gone and autopsy report also show he hasn't eaten anything during that time.

Which tells me he was pretty much totally helpless in the final week of his life without her to help him and take care of him which I suspect include feeding him, clothing him, bathing him.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-deaths-investigators-provide-update

A judge had to decide? where's the common sense and a person's privacy even after death?

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gene-hackman-judge-rules-death-scene-images-after-family-argues-grotesque-pictures-could-cause-trauma