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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not just him, but they found his wife and dog dead too.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

It's winter. Windows are closed, people stay indoors. Almost certainly CO.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea wow. The article quotes the wife as ages 64 or so. Kinda weird if you ask me.

On Hackman, I recall Morgan freeman saying that he was the only actor that scared him, that when Hackman’s character was angry and aggressive at Freeman’s, he was convinced that the aggression was real and instinctively scared accordingly. IIRC, he said Hackman was the only one he’d seen who had that acting power.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could be carbon monoxide or something wierd. You never know

[–] otter 11 points 1 day ago

That would be in line with the "no immediate indication of foul play"

The Press Association confirmed there is an “active investigation’’ into the deaths. Sheriff Mendoza said there was no immediate indication of foul play. He did not provide a cause of death or say when the couple might have died.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/gene-hackman-dies-wife-dog-95

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It says a lot about someone acting ability when you look through someone’s IMDB and realize you’ve only seen them in like 3-4 films, but in you’re mind they’re still a legend.

RIP Brill

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Sad news, but since he made it to 95, he had a good run. Can’t say the same for his wife, who was only 63, but that’s the way things go sometimes.

[–] SplashJackson 3 points 1 day ago

The true Hacker Man.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Great artist 🌹