Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease and Alzheimer’s a Week After Betsy Arakawa; Wife’s Cause of Death Determined to Be Hantavirus
variety.com
Gene Hackman died of cardiovascular disease about a week after his wife died of hantavirus, according to the New Mexico medical examiner.

Gene Hackman, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, lived in the house with his dead wife for a week before he died.

Of the three dogs living in the house, one died because it was locked in a carrier and therefore probably starved to death. The two free-living dogs were the only ones to survive.

  • CrimeDadEnglish
    20•12 days ago

    What a nightmare. Imagine discovering your dead wife over and over again for a whole week.

    • @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      9•12 days ago

      It’s entirely likely he never understood what he saw, if he ever saw her before passing away, considering he was said to have advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔English
    9•12 days ago

    I feel so bad for the puppy. Spending 3 days trying to let your owner know you desperately need to go to the toilet… then need a drink… then need food…

    Only for the old bloke to maybe give you a pat as he walks by completely oblivious to the fact you’re doing. He’s dying. His wife is already dead.

    Just horrible.