Gene Hackman and his wife found dead in their home

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"Her exact time of death is not known, but she was last seen on 11 February.

Gene Hackman died of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. According to information gathered from his pacemaker, he likely died on 18 February.

Dr Jerrell explained: “He was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s and it is quite possible he was not aware she was deceased."
 
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That is such a tragic series of events.

His wife probably doesn't realize she's as sick as she really is and by the time she did (if she ever actually did) it was too late. Then he already had advanced Alzheimer’s so he may not have even known where he was or anything so I imagine he was terrified at least at times. Then the poor dog is caged recovering and never had a chance. It's only chance would have been if Hackman happend to wander by and was cognitive enough to realize the dog was caged and let it out.

Just sad.
 
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Having multiple elderly grandparents, and seeing my parents check on them basically daily, it is sad that his kids didn't really seem to be checking in on him.

I know his wife was much younger than him and was taking care of him, but between the time his wife died (around February 11) and when their bodies were discovered (February 26) evidently no family had tried to contact either of them. That's over 2 weeks. It was a maintenance worker/security who came to their house and called police after they didn't answer the door and saw their bodies through the window. I haven't seen anywhere that he had estranged or poor relationships with his kids.
 
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This is a pitifully sad story. It's hard not to wonder what the hell is wrong with his daughter, who said he had been in good health, and speculated that they had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. She either didn't have a relationship with them, or she was lying.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
This is a pitifully sad story. It's hard not to wonder what the hell is wrong with his daughter, who said he had been in good health, and speculated that they had died from carbon monoxide poisoning. She either didn't have a relationship with them, or she was lying.
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For the most part, all of us in my family feel strong ties to one another, but we don't stay in close contact. I see my parents 2x or 3x a year and we have great visits. My kids love them. But we only call each other a few times a year and seldom interact on social media or via texting. I know it's not normal, but it happens. I guess I'll be checking on them more as they get older, but they're well into their 70's now. I guess I should be already.

Seems like with their means and situation, they should have had somebody helping around the house. Some kind of nurse checking in daily or something.
 
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n_huffhines said:
For the most part, all of us in my family feel strong ties to one another, but we don't stay in close contact. I see my parents 2x or 3x a year and we have great visits. My kids love them. But we only call each other a few times a year and seldom interact on social media or via texting. I know it's not normal, but it happens. I guess I'll be checking on them more as they get older, but they're well into their 70's now. I guess I should be already.

Seems like with their means and situation, they should have had somebody helping around the house. Some kind of nurse checking in daily or something.
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Brah, call your mom!
 
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n_huffhines said:
For the most part, all of us in my family feel strong ties to one another, but we don't stay in close contact. I see my parents 2x or 3x a year and we have great visits. My kids love them. But we only call each other a few times a year and seldom interact on social media or via texting. I know it's not normal, but it happens. I guess I'll be checking on them more as they get older, but they're well into their 70's now. I guess I should be already.

Seems like with their means and situation, they should have had somebody helping around the house. Some kind of nurse checking in daily or something.
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I don't know your guy's situation and honestly, it's none of my business, but CALL your parents at the very least weekly. Life moves to fast and don't want you to regret missing times or conversations that you can't get back some day bud!
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
I don't know your guy's situation and honestly, it's none of my business, but CALL your parents at the very least weekly. Life moves to fast and don't want you to regret missing times or conversations that you can't get back some day bud!
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In the last couple of years of my mom's life, I would call her every morning on my way to work. It would just be a 15 minute conversation and many times, we didn't really have much to say to each other but "hey, how's it going". But before she died, she told me one day how much she looked forward to those calls by me. She said she waited by the phone every morning in anticipation of my call and that they meant so much to her.

My own kids are still young, but I do look down the road sometimes and try to imagine what life will be like when they are grown and living their own lives, and I am no longer seeing/talking to them every day...and it honestly scares the hell out if me! I do hope they will want to keep in touch, even if they move far away.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
In the last couple of years of my mom's life, I would call her every morning on my way to work. It would just be a 15 minute conversation and many times, we didn't really have much to say to each other but "hey, how's it going". But before she died, she told me one day how much she looked forward to those calls by me. She said she waited by the phone every morning in anticipation of my call and that they meant so much to her.

My own kids are still young, but I do look down the road sometimes and try to imagine what life will be like when they are grown and living their own lives, and I am no longer seeing/talking to them every day...and it honestly scares the hell out if me! I do hope they will want to keep in touch, even if they move far away.
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I call my mom almost every morning on the way to the office. That didn't happen 15 years ago.
 
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VOLLeeann said:
I was DOA after she died in an airplane crash. Resuscitated by a flight attendant.
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Very sorry about your mom. Glad you made it, but wish you could have known her. I don't think I could have had a better mother.
I've been in cardiac arrest 2 times. Fortunately, I was in the hospital and a defibrillator was nearby.
 
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Go aeiou said:
Very sorry about your mom. Glad you made it, but wish you could have known her. I don't think I could have had a better mother.
I've been in cardiac arrest 2 times. Fortunately, I was in the hospital and a defibrillator was nearby.
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Thanks, sorry about your bad luck.
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
I don't know your guy's situation and honestly, it's none of my business, but CALL your parents at the very least weekly. Life moves to fast and don't want you to regret missing times or conversations that you can't get back some day bud!
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Y'all are right but also she doesn't feel neglect or a lack of love from me, to be clear. This is how my parents were with their parents. My Grandpa called my Dad maybe once a month and I don't remember my Mom talking with her parents with any frequency, and she adored her parents. They only saw each other once a year, too.
 
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