Gene Hackman Likely Died a Week After his wife—Variety

that is sad

Damn. Sad way to go for both of em. Can only imagine how confused he must have been. Didnt realize he had such advanced disease.

It actually makes sense now.

She died first somewhat unexpectedly, and he was basically too old, feeble, or senile to properly take care of himself or assess the situation so he passed due to that. That's also why the dog that was caged up died, nobody there to take care of it.

Guess this sorta situation could hypothetically happen a lot more with old people or young babies when a sole primary care giver in the house suddenly dies. Kinda scary to think about.

The whole thing is just crazy. What kind of conditions must they have been living in to have caught a rodent-borne virus?

What I don’t understand is how Hackman could work himself so hard at the end of his career, doing film after film, supposedly to build a huge financial cushion for his retirement, and then to have to depend on one single family member for his care.

Did he have no contact at all with his children?

I’m surprised they had no part-time caretakers for him as well.

Even if his wife was in very good health, she is still 65 and caring for a 95 year old man with advanced dementia.