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I would like to believe I have quite a few people in my life who would show up at my door if I didn't answer calls/texts for more than about 48 hours. Especially at that age.

Edit: Meaning more her than him. But yeah if you have a 95 year old parent, may want to check in every few weeks or so.

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I would like to believe I have quite a few people in my life who would show up at my door if I didn't answer calls/texts for more than about 48 hours.

 

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The USA Today article was a tough read. Sounds like Gene was alive for a week after his wife died of hantavirus. The dog starved inside of the crate. For everybody that says they never want to be in a retirement home, this is the other side of the coin. 
 

Hantavirus is no joke. We should all get our houses checked for rodents. 

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5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

It's hard to imagine 3 middle aged kids not checking in on their 95 year old dad with Alzheimer's for over a week.  What a sad story.

One of them said she hadn’t talked to him in a couple of months. 

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5 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

One of them said she hadn’t talked to him in a couple of months. 

I just can't even imagine that, but I was very close with my parents, and they were sharp as tacks up until death.  An Alzheimer's patient?  I'd be calling every day.

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I'm guessing she was sick but unaware of how sick. She was his caregiver. She probably collapses in the bathroom and can't get up. He's too far gone with Alzheimers to respond if she tried calling for help. Dog is locked up. She can't get her phone, and dies on the bathroom floor.

Meanwhile, he's wandering around the house unaware she's even missing. Doesn't know to feed himself. Probably isn't taking his heart medication that she made sure he took. He gets weak from no food and falls. Pacemaker is keeping him alive for a while but he finally dies, completely unaware of what is happening.

Dog dies of dehydration or starves in the crate.

Sad all around. This is probably a case where his fame worked against him. A normal person would probably have a nurse coming to check regularly. They didn't want his condition going public so they kept it too compartmentalized.

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3 hours ago, Modessit said:

I'm guessing she was sick but unaware of how sick. She was his caregiver. She probably collapses in the bathroom and can't get up. He's too far gone with Alzheimers to respond if she tried calling for help. Dog is locked up. She can't get her phone, and dies on the bathroom floor.

Meanwhile, he's wandering around the house unaware she's even missing. Doesn't know to feed himself. Probably isn't taking his heart medication that she made sure he took. He gets weak from no food and falls. Pacemaker is keeping him alive for a while but he finally dies, completely unaware of what is happening.

Dog dies of dehydration or starves in the crate.

Sad all around. This is probably a case where his fame worked against him. A normal person would probably have a nurse coming to check regularly. They didn't want his condition going public so they kept it too compartmentalized.

If he was so far gone that he didn't know to feed himself, much less know to pick up a phone and call 911, I'm not sure how his family still had him in that situation. 

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4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I just can't even imagine that, but I was very close with my parents, and they were sharp as tacks up until death.  An Alzheimer's patient?  I'd be calling every day.

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8 hours ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:


His caretaker croaked so the situation was fluid.

That's why they need daily visits of home care and health care.  Somewhat surprising that Hackman did not need to see at least a nurse every few days. 

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1 hour ago, WBT said:

The Conversation is on TCM tonight at 10:30

That is an interesting movie but it really shows its age. It seams the director assumes the audience is really dumb and needs to be shown everything a dozen times to make sure their pee brains can understand it. 
 

Also radio shack dorks are a big turn-on for hoo-ahs.

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Tragic.

Records show Gene Hackman’s wife researched symptoms of illness days before her death
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.

Betsy Arakawa died in February of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome — a rare, rodent-borne disease that can led to a range of symptoms that include flu-like illness, headaches, dizziness and severe respiratory distress, investigators have said. Gene Hackman is believed to have died about a week later of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

The partially mummified remains of Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 65, were found in their Santa Fe home on Feb. 26, when maintenance and security workers showed up at the home and alerted police.

According to the report released Tuesday, a review of Arakawa’s computer showed she was actively researching medical conditions related to COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms between Feb. 8 and the morning of Feb. 12. The searches included questions about whether COVID could cause dizziness or nosebleeds.

She also had mentioned in an email to her masseuse that Hackman had woken up Feb. 11 with flu or cold-like symptoms but that a COVID test was negative and she would have to reschedule her appointment for the next day “out of an abundance of caution.”

Arakawa’s search history also showed a query for a concierge medical service in Santa Fe the morning of Feb. 12. A review of her phone records by investigators showed she had a call with the service that lasted less than 2 minutes and missed a return call later that afternoon.

Investigators also reviewed a call history to the Hackmans’ home phone along with voicemails and security footage from stores that Arakawa had visited on Feb. 11.

Authorities also are expected to release more redacted police body camera footage from inside the home as sheriff’s deputies and investigators tried to piece together what had happened to the couple. The written report describes them going through rooms of the home and finding nothing out of the ordinary and no signs of forced entry.

They found paper grocery bags on the floor of the pantry. Inside one bag was a Feb. 11 copy of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. They also documented a bag of bagels that had been opened, with part of the contents missing.

In the living room was a large piano and couches, according to the report. There were pillows on one couch as if someone had been sleeping there. Investigators also described a collection of art, puzzles and drawing supplies in the dining room, and medical supplies like bandages and tape in several kitchen drawers.

The materials were being released as the result of a recent court order that mandated any depictions of the deceased couple would have to be blocked from view. All photos, video and documents from the investigation had been restricted from release by an earlier, temporary court order.

The Hackman estate and family members had sought to keep the records sealed to protect the family’s constitutional right to privacy.

A report by the New Mexico Department of Health showed an environmental assessment of the Hackman property found rodent feces in several outbuildings and live traps on the property. The inside of the home was clean, with no evidence of rodent activity.

Nestled among the piñon and juniper hills overlooking Santa Fe, the Hackman home is not unlike others in the area as mice are common within the surrounding landscape.

One of the couple’s three dogs also was found dead in a crate in a bathroom closet near Arakawa, while two other dogs were found alive. A state veterinary lab tied the dog’s death to dehydration and starvation.

An attorney for the estate, Kurt Sommer, argued during a hearing last month that the couple had taken great pains to stay out of the public light during their lifetimes and that the right to control the use of their names and likenesses should extend to their estate in death.

The Associated Press, CBS News and CBS Studios intervened in the matter, saying in court filings that they would not disseminate images of the couple’s bodies and would blur images to obscure them from other records.

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24 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.

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