Not just him, but they found his wife and dog dead too.
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2025
146 points (99.3% liked)
Shows and TV
1258 readers
179 users here now
Open discussion of Media / Shows / Television
- Be nice
- Don't go off topic
- Don't rage farm
Other communities
We are still open to mod application, please comment on this post: https://lemm.ee/post/40675177
founded 6 months ago
MODERATORS
It's winter. Windows are closed, people stay indoors. Almost certainly CO.
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.
Could be carbon monoxide or something wierd. You never know
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
I think the wife od'd on pills and Hackman fell and never got back up, while the dog starved/dehydrated from being trapped in a closet.
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
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.
The true Hacker Man.
Great artist 🌹