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Hotel employee, 26, dies of rare rat-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife: report
New York Post ^ | April 26, 2025 | Anna Young

Posted on 04/26/2025 9:11:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A young California man died from the same rare rodent-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife in February — with health officials discovering rat droppings at his workplace following his untimely death, according to a report.

Rodrigo Becerra, 26, had fallen seriously ill and was prescribed antibiotics the night before he was found convulsing in his Mammoth Lakes home, where he perished from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease linked to rodents, on March 6, his family told SFGATE.

Becerra, who was just three days shy of his birthday when he died, worked as a bell hop at Mammoth Mountain Inn, where rodent droppings have since been found behind the establishment’s front desk.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: california; deermouse; dontsweepthepoop; hantavirus; mice; pulmonarysyndrome; ratdroppings; rats; rodents; vermin
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To: DannyTN

That is the movie I took a blind date to see back in 1971. Best thing I ever did. Married 49 very happy years before she passed away.


21 posted on 04/27/2025 6:27:10 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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