Not surprising at all: that's part of the common law for centuries, and why you are usually asked to specify what happens to your estate if your primary beneficiary goes before you do.
I guess given the age difference, neither Hackman nor his wife thought he would go before she did.
she would go before he did.
I made provision for my wife unlikely before me. In blended families that is important.
“I guess given the age difference, neither Hackman nor his wife thought he would go before she did.”
I guess given the age difference, neither Hackman nor his wife thought she would go before she did?