Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa, & their pet dog found dead at their home. No cause of death yet but foul play not suspected. Gas leak, maybe? Odd otherwise for them both & the dog to die but no foul play.
[Brazelton] Gene Hackman
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He had so many great roles. Missed seeing him in films since he retired. Sad to hear about his wife and dog too. You would think they would have detectors. Hopefully it wasn't something more tragic.
Radon is usually about lung cancer, but CO and CO2 or natural gas are definitely still in play, as are things like food/drink (contaminated dinner shared with dog). I am VERY interested in seeing how this gets ruled.
Also now I can no longer tell Dabney Coleman and Gene Hackman apart in my head by saying "[not] the one who's still alive."
--Patrick
Dabney Coleman was in the amazing Cloak and Dagger, and Hackman was in at least a dozen amazing films. Mustaches aside, not very comparable, IMO
Wow this story certainly is unfolding.
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Like, "we think they may have been dead for a week or more when found" unfolding.
--Patrick
Gene Hackman's Wife Betsy Arakawa's Body Had Signs of 'Mummification' When It Was Discovered
The body of Betsy Arakawa, wife to actor Gene Hackman, was found with signs of mummification, a search warrant states. She and her husband were found on Feb. 26, and were reportedly dead at least one day before they were found.
--Patrick
Dave
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This one is from the Daily Mail. Look at the recent picture of him. I would not have recognized him.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found mummified at mansion
Grim new details about the couple's deaths have emerged.
I assume he died of natural causes and she killed herself on pills. The dog worries me.
Reports did say pills were scattered around, dog could have eaten some and died as a result. I think two other dogs were found in generally good health.
After reading they had been dead for over a week, my thoughts were that Gene died of natural causes and wife was so distraught that she OD’d on pills, intentionally or not.
After reading they had been dead for over a week, my thoughts were that Gene died of natural causes and wife was so distraught that she OD’d on pills, intentionally or not.
That's my theory too. Gene died of natural cause his wife sadly chose the pills. What I don't get is that it took a week to find them. Why no message to inform someone to come to the house the next day for the dogs? On the other hand my grandmother also didn't leave a message that explained why she decided to end her life.
Dave
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I got bad news for you. They died over 9 days ago according to the medical examiner. It’s the last time Hackman’s pacemaker fired. They had three dogs. One was outside & survived. One was inside and survived. Probably because it had access to the dog food. The third died because it was in a kennel. So it died a very slow and gruesome death.
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