I hope he had Jesus and is with the Lord in Heaven.
Amen.
Having Alzheimer’s disease and advanced heart disease, I wonder why he didn’t have in-home care or visiting nurse’s care. It appears that he lived for about a week after his wife died.
I like how everyone jumped on this like it was some deep mystery. This guy was what? 96 years old?
This stuff happens all the time when both end up dead on the same day or one checking out not long after the first. It’s all part of the deal.
Very similar to a case in our town last year. Husband and wife in their 70s were found dead in their home after no one heard from them. CO poisoning was the first thought, but two dogs were still alive. Tests determined both died of “natural causes” while sitting in chairs in the living room. The wife couldn’t walk, and needed her husband to help her move around. The best guess is that after helping his wife into a recliner, he sat down on the couch and had a heart attack. She was unable to get out of the chair on her own, she didn’t have a phone within reach, and she died a few days later of starvation. Not a pleasant way to go.
Randy Quaid posted that he knows the Hollywood studios murdered him. (LOL!) They were tired of writing checks for the royalties from his movies.
My brother-in-law has dementia. When my sister fell off a ladder he came out to see what the noise was, stepped over her, looked around and went back inside. Luckily she was fine just dazed.
What killed the dog?
My mother had a stroke, was paralyzed, couldn’t speak (which was torture for a lively and social person like her) had numerous infections related to her paralysis, and only died after withering away for nearly 12 months.
Dying a few days after my wife, together in our own home, probably unaware and at the age of 96 isn’t at all a bad way to go.....
the quiet and the dead...
Tragic but Gene did make it to 95. Most of us should be so lucky.
It also highlights the damage mice can do. I did not know much about Hantavirus. I have now learned not to be so cavalier in dealing with mice and their droppings.
What killed their dog that was found inside their house?
At least they are out of it now - and hopefully with The Lord.
They were wealthy enough to have a staff of nurses, so why didn’t they have at least one to give the wife a break?
Where were his three kids from his first marriage?
In short, his unofficial caretaker (wife) was stricken by a rodent-related virus and died on the 11th which meant that the 95-year-old star had nobody to watch his meds, leading to his eventual death a week later.
Imagine all that fortress around him without an employed caretaker to watch Mr. Hackman’s health.
When we were having our home security system installed, they told us about an available component (that we didn’t get) that monitors movement in the home and “learns” what is typical.
If an anomaly is recognized, the system alerts the monitoring HQ and they’ll notify the people on the call list.
At one time, the system of an elderly woman who normally would sleep through the night recognized movement “wandering around” the house, which was not typical. The owners of the company happened to be on her call list as she was a friend of the family. They went there and the woman was confused and disoriented because of a UTI that put her in the hospital for two weeks.
I suppose that also would work to alert if movement is typical, and then there’s no movement. It’s intrusive, but could be a life saver for the elderly with no caregiver or family keeping tabs on them.