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i am going with he died peacefully of natural causes (old age) and then the wife, killed the dog and herself.

i google mapped Old Sunset Trail, Sante Fe (Hackman's residence). There are some massive homes on that street.

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RIP, Gene. 

I think he's been in rough shape for a while. I saw him out in Santa Fe 5-6 years ago and he was declining then. 

 

EDIT: Jesus, I just read the article. Horrible. 

 

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Just now, jimmyjazz said:

I just remembered he popped up on one of those food travelogues as a customer when they were visiting some restaurant in Santa Fe.  That was a bit of a surprise.

If you spent any time in Santa Fe, there was a good chance you'd bump into him. I did twice.

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Another one that hasn't been mentioned yet (I only did a quick scan through the thread) is Get Shorty.  Watched it this past weekend, and he was terrific in that as well.  He was nails in pretty much everything he did.  

That's some weird news re: his death.  However it went down, I hope he didn't suffer. 

 

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1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

I just remembered he popped up on one of those food travelogues as a customer when they were visiting some restaurant in Santa Fe.  That was a bit of a surprise.

Cameo on Triple D, believe it was a place up in the Northeast. 
 

I stand corrected it was a diner in Santa Fe. 

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Now I'm reading CO poisoning. That sounds likely as the bodies were not injured and only 1 of 3 dogs was dead. If they poisoned themselves it doesn't make sense they would only kill 1 dog. And heaters are still going full blast this time of year in SF.

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12 minutes ago, Hard Times said:

Now I'm reading CO poisoning. That sounds likely as the bodies were not injured and only 1 of 3 dogs was dead. If they poisoned themselves it doesn't make sense they would only kill 1 dog. And heaters are still going full blast this time of year in SF.

NBC said no sign of a gas leak and now being ruled as "suspicious" 

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1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

Hackman dying at 95 is sad but understandable.

His wife, dying in her 60s, is something else. Something happened there. It wasn't natural causes whatever it was. 

It's all three of em together - Hackman, wife, and dog, that makes you want to rule out natural causes.

CO poisoning is the next most obvious cause.

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35 minutes ago, Hard Times said:

Now I'm reading CO poisoning. That sounds likely as the bodies were not injured and only 1 of 3 dogs was dead. If they poisoned themselves it doesn't make sense they would only kill 1 dog. And heaters are still going full blast this time of year in SF.

Maybe that dog was an asshole?

28 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Lots of bluesky posts in a row, so....read them all:

 

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McWeeny is an unfortunate last name.

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One of his best scenes of all time:

 

Reportedly, Hackman's "You heard me, Coltraine" line was ad-libbed and surprised Danny Glover, whose genuine reaction was captured in this take.

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3 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

Gene Hackman was in a lot of movies, many of them were not good but he was good in all of them

There wasn’t much he was in that wasn’t good. I can think of none. Guy has been my favorite actor for as long as I can remember. 

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43 minutes ago, randomhorn said:

The dog killed them all with one of those gnarly dog farts

We are gonna need a Pawxicology test on the remaining dogs ASAP to rule them out as suspects. 

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Last article I saw said he was found collapsed in a mudroom near his cane and she was found in the bathroom collapsed with a bottle of pills splattered and a space heater nearby. The dead dog was in a closet in the bathroom (didn't say if it was locked in there or just died there) and the other two dogs were in the house with access to outside. It also said that she was found bloated with mumification but no description of Hackman's condition. Gas company confirmed no leak and no indication of CO. Still no suspicion of foul play. This one is super weird to me and I can't help but be curious. 

It seems to me that a possibility would be that maybe they were fighting and she either pushed him or he collapsed and died and she swallowed a bottle of pills out of guilt and collapsed at some point from the drugs, the dead dog might have swallowed some of the pills that spilled, or maybe was locked in the bathroom with her and starved to death if she had really been dead that long. Or maybe the opposite? They were fighting, she decided to swallow some pills, and he collapsed in grief or guilt afterward in part because of his age and infirmities. I'm struggling with them outruling any possible foul play including the possibility of a domestic dispute? So fucking weird. 

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24 minutes ago, MrBig said:

We are gonna need a Pawxicology test on the remaining dogs ASAP to rule them out as suspects. 

The sheruff has already cleared them as suspects. 

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1 hour ago, South Austin said:

One of his best scenes of all time:

 

Reportedly, Hackman's "You heard me, Coltraine" line was ad-libbed and surprised Danny Glover, whose genuine reaction was captured in this take.

not sure what glover was aware of, but ed norton mentioned this scene on his smartless episode. he's pals with wes anderson who told him the story of working with hackman on trt.

apparently, hackman came over to wes pretty early on and said, "i think it should be satchmo, i worry that nobody will know who coltrane is." to that, wes responded, "well i used coltrane for a reason, it's how i want the scene to sound". (wes, like the coen bros, mamet, others that write and direct their own stuff, have every single syllable the way they want it in the script, and there's virtually zero improv/ad-libbing - it's a current topic on the lebowski thread).

anyhow, at that point, hackman leaned in to wes and said, "fuck it, it's just our audience, right?"

guy took no shit.

also coltrane is objectively funnier.

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2 hours ago, Hard Times said:

Now I'm reading CO poisoning.

 

11 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Last article I saw said he was found collapsed in a mudroom near his cane and she was found in the bathroom collapsed with a bottle of pills splattered and a space heater nearby.  

will you fucking cockjockeys post your goddamn sources goddamn. 

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34 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

The birdcage is fucking hilarious. And he had as much to do with it as Robin and Nathan. 

nobody is debating that gene hackman isn’t great but your statement is wrong regarding that movie. 

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

Superman IV was one of the worst movies ever made. 

And yet it gave us the tremendous storyline in Office Space and therefore it is forgiven.

Edit-- Aw crap that S3.  I don't think I even knew there was a S4....

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

Superman IV was one of the worst movies ever made. 

I stopped after Superman I and I’m right in that demo. Saw all original Star Wars and Indiana Jones and every Batman movie made. So I stand corrected. But I’m sure HE was great in an otherwise shit movie. My Top 5 GH films:

1. MS Burning

2. Hoosiers

3. Crimson Tide

4. The Firm

5. Royal Ts

In The Birdcage and Get Shorty, he was hilarious but they were more bit parts.  He was great in every other war role (Behind Enemy Lines, Uncommon Valor) and spook film (EOTS). The roles above really showed his range, and I suspect his acting was a genuine representation of who he actually was. I’m embarrassed to say I never saw The French Connection. Does it hold up?

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