rip gene hackman

[osiris]

The thing no one says is: His pacemaker stopped recording on 2/17. Hackman is/was not a poor man with no friends or family. I find it hard to believe no one noticed them missing for this amount of time.

[harryupbabble]

latest news about the deaths

wowie
i can`t believe all my guesses were true:

wife died about a week before gene did
gene wasn`t tech savvy because he had alzheimer`s
he was left all alone for about a week
dog starved because woofwoof couldn`t get out of the kennel

gene was 95
his wife took real good care of him
extended his life by over a decade?
average male life span is about 80 for males and 84 for females

they were both recluse

no one was taking care of gene`s wife, she was old herself, she was 60 something?
females are suppose to live longer than males
it was like the reverse in gene`s and his wife`s case

[harryupbabble]

if gene lived in a nursing home...
would he have reached his 95th birthday?

hey guys, are you going to marry someone at least 30 years older than you?
bad boys bad boys
whatcha gonna do?

[Old Joad]

It's wild to think he was in the house a week after his wife died.

[Bunny_boy]

latest news about the deaths

wowie
i can`t believe all my guesses were true:

wife died about a week before gene did
gene wasn`t tech savvy because he had alzheimer`s
he was left all alone for about a week
dog starved because woofwoof couldn`t get out of the kennel

gene was 95
his wife took real good care of him
extended his life by over a decade?
average male life span is about 80 for males and 84 for females

they were both recluse

no one was taking care of gene`s wife, she was old herself, she was 60 something?
females are suppose to live longer than males
it was like the reverse in gene`s and his wife`s case

They weren't recluses by all accounts - they were part of the artistic community where they lived. But yes, that does seem to contradict what happened after her death. Grief affects people in many different ways, especially if there are other factors involved.
And 60 really isn't that old

[Examigan]

my fav gene hackman role was that off the grid guy in Enemy of the State (with Will Smith).
that was classic decent stuff all the way down to the faraday shielding. granted, the movie is bonkers, but it's still kinda cool.

We watched Poseidon Adventure last night.
It is one of my favorites with Mr. Hackman.

[thecontrolcentre]

no one was taking care of gene`s wife, she was old herself, she was 60 something?

You think 60 is old?

[harryupbabble]

i do think that 60 something is old
you guys don`t think that`s old?
holey moley
i`m genuinely shocked

even the government think that 55 is old
one is qualified to apply for early pension at 55?
or is it 60?
they start applying the word "senior" at 55
or maybe even earlier than that?

and at 65, one of the three pensions is named "old age security"

and in the developed countries, 80 (male) and 84 (female) are the average lifespan
this means that 40 is middle age
this means that 60 is three quarter of an average lifespan spent

and at around the 60 something mark...
people start dying of "old age diseases"
david bowie died of liver cancer when he was 69
so many rip threads of people dying at around the 60 something mark?

[thecontrolcentre]

one is qualified to apply for early pension at 55?
or is it 60?

Pension age is 67 (in the UK).

[seafire]

and at around the 60 something mark...
people start dying of "old age diseases"
david bowie died of liver cancer when he was 69
so many rip threads of people dying at around the 60 something mark?

Cancer isn't age specific, and you can die of most things at any age.

Life expectancy in the west is approx 75-85.

I would say anything over 80 is considered 'old'

[Bunny_boy]

Statistically, 76+ is old
https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/publ ... -lost-life

Yeah, and cancer has many triggers, including environmental and hereditary ones.

Edit: didn't Bowie die of cancer because he smoked?

[Uncle E]

At 95, his Alzheimer's would have been severe. He may not even have understood that his wife had died, or even more horribly may have "discovered" she was dead over and over again. Heartbreaking.

[thecontrolcentre]

At 95, his Alzheimer's would have been severe.

My mother is 95 and has severe Alzheimer's. She can't remember who, or where she is.

[Uncle E]

I'm sorry to hear it.

[Michael L]

Gene didn’t not know enough to let the dog out of its kennel or feed it, so he likely couldn’t care for himself. It’s weird that Betsy got no treatment for her hantavirus. Seems they died from social isolation.