Re: Gene Hackman, wife and dog found dead in their home in New Mexico

On 2/27/25 4:32 AM, shawn wrote:
 

On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 06:52:38 -0500, Robin Miller
<robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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https://news.yahoo.com/news/actor-gene-hackman-wife-betsy-092903724.html
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Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found
dead in their home in New Mexico, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office
told CNN. He was 95.

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Damn, I know the guy wasn't performing any more but still.
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Their cause of death has not been confirmed but it is not believed to be
foul play, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Denise
Womack-Avila told CNN Thursday morning.
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Deputies responded to a welfare check request at the home around 1:45
p.m. Wednesday and found Hackman, Arakawa and a dog deceased,
Womack-Avila said. An investigation is ongoing, police said.

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I wonder if they suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning? That would
explain all three dying from what otherwise sounds like a non-violent
death.

 That's my thought too - the only way the dog also dies under "non-foul play" circumstances is something like CO poisoning.
 But he made it to 95. (His wife only made it to her 60s.)
 I do wish he hadn't totally retired, but it's likely best for his legacy that he did.