Gene Hackman Dead

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3:20p, 2/27/25
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One of the reports I saw said the dog was found outside "on the property," so the home may be on a rather large piece of land, not just a yard. There could be natural food & water sources on the property.

There could be a doggie door, so finding one dog in & the other outside may mean nothing.

We have an automatic dog feeder. I can put 2 weeks worth of dog food in the hopper and it dispenses meals on the schedule I've set up.
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3:28p, 2/27/25
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I thought I read the person who found them said the door was open...which would explain dogs being in and out. Although its not clear if all of those dogs were actually theirs.
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3:54p, 2/27/25
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TMZ article isn't logical, I haven't seen Gene Hackman either, doesn't mean other haven't. One report says a caretaker who has been working around the place saw them last week. That would explain the dogs being okay for just a week but not quite mummification starting within a week unless it is exceptionally brutally dry in New Mexico.
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In reply to Scotts Tot • 4:14p, 2/27/25
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Scotts Tot said:
Ervin Burrell said:
bonfarr said:
The fact that the wife's body showed signs of decomposition and mummification and there are no reports of Hackman's body showing similar signs throws out my original theory of Carbon Monoxide poisoning or the wife committing suicide upon finding her husband dead.

Now I am assuming the wife and dog died , possibly suicide, and Hackman wandered around in a state of confusion and dementia for days and died of a fall or starvation or something.
I've read multiple articles now that state the local authorities/gas companies have ruled out a gas leak.

Carbon monoxide doesn't come from the gas supply. It comes from combustion.


That's why the space heater found near the wife's body piqued my interest initially, I would assume if it was some type of gas space heater that had a maintenance issue maybe there was a leak that ended up killing the wife. But now I don't know because of the pills found around the body.
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In reply to BQ78 • 4:16p, 2/27/25
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BQ78 said:
TMZ article isn't logical, I haven't seen Gene Hackman either, doesn't mean other haven't. One report says a caretaker who has been working around the place saw them last week. That would explain the dogs being okay for just a week but not quite mummification starting within a week unless it is exceptionally brutally dry in New Mexico.


Again the space heater makes me wonder. I wonder if the wife died and fell to the ground, knocking the space heater to the ground as the police suggested, and the space heater continued heating. With the heat emitted by the space heater cause the early signs of mummification ?
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CSI: TexAgs is on the case.

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In reply to The Original Houston 1836 • 4:21p, 2/27/25
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CSI: TexAgs is on the case.



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They just played the 911 call from the caretaker who found them on NewsNation. He said he could not get in the house, but he saw the wife through the window laying on the ground. That contradicts the "door was open" report. I wonder what other details the early reports got wrong.
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In reply to et98 • 4:56p, 2/27/25
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et98 said:
They just played the 911 call from the caretaker who found them on NewsNation. He said he could not get in the house, but he saw the wife through the window laying on the ground. That contradicts the "door was open" report. I wonder what other details the early reports got wrong.
Maybe he was at the front door and the door to the backyard was open.
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4:59p, 2/27/25
The Jump to Conclusions mat (Office Space) is apropos with these confusing news updates
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She could have been sick from CO and going for pills to help feel better, not knowing it was CO. Collapses and crap scatters. And maybe the one dog was more attached to staying by her side and therefore CO poisoned too vs others didn't stay as close.
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In reply to DannyDuberstein • 5:07p, 2/27/25
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DannyDuberstein said:
She could have been sick from CO and going for pills to help feel better, not knowing it was CO. Collapses and crap scatters.
I've can't understood why a scattering of pills is a sign of intentional OD (suicide). If I were trying to end it all, I'd down the whole bottle, not just a few and throw the others around the counter for some inexplicable reason. I'd think empty pill bottles laying around would be more likely to point to suicide.

I've always assumed the scattering of pills is something they do on TV so the viewer picks up on it being suicide, but isn't common in real life.
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Big picture, I'm still betting CO

I could see a scenario where the space heater was being used because the main heater was malfunctioning, with them not wise enough to know not only was it not heating well, it was poisoning them. Or maybe they were using the space heater and it just malfunctioned. Plenty of time for a malfunctioning heater of some sort to kill them, shut off, and then the air eventually clears before they are found
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In reply to VarkAg77 • 7:46p, 2/27/25
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VarkAg77 said:
I liked him most for his idea of sending California into the Pacific Ocean.

Great actor. An American treasure.


I loved that plan! He had Ocean front property ready to sell
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I've never remotely heard of this The Conversation movie with Hackman and Ford. I'll have to check that out.
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In reply to Waiting on a Natty • 9:01p, 2/27/25
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Waiting on a Natty said:
TMZ reported that neither Gene nor his wife had been seen around town since March of 2024.
I wouldn't put a lot of stock in that. From what I've read of his life in Santa Fe and the tabloid photos, he had left Hollywood behind and gave zero effs. The way he died was a tragedy regardless of age or fame, but he got the quiet retirement he desired.
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In reply to YouBet • 9:28p, 2/27/25
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YouBet said:
I've never remotely heard of this The Conversation movie with Hackman and Ford. I'll have to check that out.
It is a fine movie.
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Otisburg? OTISBURG?!?!?
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Haven't seen it posted… but loved him in Heartbreakers. Such an underrated movie. The talent in that movie is A+ (or DD depending on your scoring metric)



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In reply to Hank the Grifter • 1:11a, 2/28/25
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Otisburg? OTISBURG?!?!?


To 8 year-old me he will always be Lex Luthor, Ruler of Australia.
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Love that movie.

JLH at her peak.
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I read an article that said the dead dog was crated beside the wife. It probably died of lack of water. The other two were free to roam outside. So they could finds something to drink/eat.
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Sapper Redux said:
Hank the Grifter said:
Otisburg? OTISBURG?!?!?


To 8 year-old me he will always be Lex Luthor, Ruler of Australia.
Me too. I still love this exchange when Superman gets his powers back in Superman II:

Superman: "General, would you care to step outside?"

Lois: "Superman!"

Luthor: "Superman, thank God...I mean GET HIM!!!"
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In reply to PDEMDHC • 12:15p
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Haven't seen it posted… but loved him in Heartbreakers. Such an underrated movie. The talent in that movie is A+ (or DD depending on your scoring metric)





I had a neighbor from New Jersey. She was a young engineer at Dow.

It was not uncommon for me to reference Ray Liotta's line "I'm from Jersey, ain't I?" when he gets asked if he knows how to get rid of a dead body.

She laughed. Jersey does have some stereotypes.
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One of the very best. RIP
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CE Lounge Lizzard said:
Sapper Redux said:
Hank the Grifter said:
Otisburg? OTISBURG?!?!?


To 8 year-old me he will always be Lex Luthor, Ruler of Australia.
Me too. I still love this exchange when Superman gets his powers back in Superman II:

Superman: "General, would you care to step outside?"

Lois: "Superman!"

Luthor: "Superman, thank God...I mean GET HIM!!!"
Luthor: Even with all this accumulated knowledge, when will these dummies learn to use the door knob?
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I wonder if she had some sort of heart attack, causing the spilled pills. 95 year old, possibly mentally handicap, attempts to leave the house for help in a hurry, falls and can't get up due to lack of strength. He dies there in the mud room.
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wangus12 said:
I wonder if she had some sort of heart attack, causing the spilled pills. 95 year old, possibly mentally handicap, attempts to leave the house for help in a hurry, falls and can't get up due to lack of strength. He dies there in the mud room.
This is what I think happened generally.
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