Gene Hackman and wife found dead in Santa Fe home; he was 95.

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https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/gene-hackman-dead-wife-discovered-french-connection-unforgiven-1236322100/

Apparently their dog was found dead too. Guess we have to wait for more details.

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[Gotmadskillzson]

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I wonder if it was carbon monoxide.

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I wonder if it was carbon monoxide.

That's definitely a possibility.

95 is a long time to live, but it sounds like he/they had more time ahead, especially with his wife only being 63 years old.

Just last year I resurfaced the random factoid that Hackman's last film was Welcome to Mooseport. Glad he had many other great films in his repertoire before that one.

First Michelle Trachtenberg, now him. I sincerely hope the law of three doesn't apply here in the next week of time.

R.I.P. to a silver screen legend.

[TheMatrix31]

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Thought carbon monoxide but apparently authorities have enough suspicion to open an investigation, so I don't know.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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RIP

Can't decide who's the better Lex Luthor, Hackman or Kevin Spacey, but as far as basketball movies go, he's the best coach in the best basketball movie in Hoosiers. Coincidentally, I just watched this again less than a couple months ago for the first time in a quarter century. Excellent sports movie. Hackman is also topnotch in Unforgiven, which can stand toe-to-toe with any western IMO.

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In a statement, Mendoza stated that both Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning.

The sheriff also disclosed that Hackman’s pacemaker recorded its “last event” on Feb. 17, meaning that it is currently assumed that that is the date that the actor died. Mendoza said there remains uncertainty over the order of the couple’s deaths.

Final toxicology and autopsy reports remain pending — a process that Mendoza says “could be a month or three months or longer.” Initial findings indicate that there was “no external trauma to either individual.”

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/gene-hackman-wife-test-negative-carbon-monoxide-pacemaker-stopped-1236323847/

[Majingir]

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Main theory I saw is that he died (naturally?) and his wife couldn't bare to live without him (or just wanted some sort of medication to help ease the pain, like antidepressants?) which led to her death, and the bottle being open with pills after she died is what the dog ate?

You could probably find dozens of theories right now.

[Master Live 013]

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That, or she took "care" of the dogs before herself. Sad all around.

[TheMatrix31]

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But what's up with this "mummification" thing.

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****ing bizarre

[DrJones]

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Sounds like the truth was stranger than fiction. According to forensic reports, Hackman's wife Betsy died on Jan 11/12 from a lung infection that resulted from contracting hantavirus (!!) and Hackman himself died from heart failure on Jan 18. (They were found on Jan 26.) Because Hackman was suffering from late-stage Alzheimer's, it's speculated that either he wasn't completely aware of his wife's death or that it was too much for him to cope with. The dead dog had been crated and presumably died of thirst. Awful stuff.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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But what's up with this "mummification" thing.

I was curious too. According to one Swedish study, parts of a body can begin to mummify anywhere between three to six days and a whole body can show signs of mummification as soon as eighteen days.

[ODogg]

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Gene Hackman was one of the greatest actors to ever walk this planet, and one of my all time favorite actors.

While it's a shame how he died, I choose to try to focus on his amazing movies.

While everyone has heard of the greatest western Hollywood has ever produced, Unforgiven, be sure to check out his lesser known, cautionary tale of how paranoia can destroy a man in The Conversation

Check it out, a minimal movie with Gene, in a small apartment, looking for a wiretap that he is sure is there in his apartment

Is he right, or is he going mad?

Movie Title: The Conversation
Year: 1974
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Neo-noir mystery thriller
Plot: Hackman plays Harry Caul, an audio-surveillance expert who faces a moral dilemma when his recordings reveal a potential murder plot.

RIP Big Fella, you were indeed building a house