Actor Gene Hackman, His Wife, and Dog Found Dead

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Originally Posted by triplexxx

Wonder how often they checked on Peter Renaday before he passed on.

Well, if you mean "how often" as in did his neighbors or family have cause to ask for Wellness Checks on him repeatedly, I don't know but that would potentially speak to how long he was gone before they found him. Because if he was getting routine "Wellness Checks" for some reason then there was a limited window between his death and finding him.

And so, if you mean "how long was he dead before they found him", I never saw any mention of that in any of the news about that situation. Interestingly enough, 31% of deaths happen at-home - so dying somewhere other than at home happens frequently. And that tells me that most wellness checks probably result in finding dead people.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Sounds like it was 2 weeks. That's the last time a maintenance worker said he spoke to the couple. Assuming they died right afterward, 2 weeks without food and water is probably enough to kill a dog, especially if it's older.

Not trying to make this anymore morbid than it already is but - well.... most dogs that live on after someone dies around them will actually eventually... eh... eat their owners before they starve to death. It's just nature kicking in to survive.

[ToTheNines]

https://apnews.com/article/gene-hack...7b35c1b956a5c8

The dead dog was found in a closest. Their two other dogs are still alive and were described as healthy, one was found inside and one was found outside.

Incredibly fishy.

[Cowabung-Gal]

The dead dog was a German Shepherd. That hits me hard considering we own two.

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Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

The dead dog was a German Shepherd. That hits me hard considering we own two.

I've been looking for an opportunity to find a German Shepherd puppy for years now. Everytime I've seen one at a pet store they want like 6 grand, and there has to be another way that isn't even remotely close to that.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I've been looking for an opportunity to find a German Shepherd puppy for years now. Everytime I've seen one at a pet store they want like 6 grand, and there has to be another way that isn't even remotely close to that.

If you’re thinking about owning a German Shepherd, be warned: THEY ARE A HANDFUL, especially when they are fully grown.

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Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

If you’re thinking about owning a German Shepherd, be warned: THEY ARE A HANDFUL, especially when they are fully grown.

I've heard that!
But I'm all-in and I have a Shih-Tzu that would keep him in line.

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What a sad end to this story.....

Basically his wife died of hantavirus basically spread from mice. She died a week before he did.

The sad part? Hackman had heart problems and advanced Alzheimer's disease. So basically he wasn't cognizant that his wife had been dead for a week, and without her there to help him he succumbed to heart disease.

What a sad story.

[IndigoErth]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/oth...d61f20471&ei=6

Hackman died of cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease likely around Feb. 18, about one week after his wife died from a rare syndrome, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, on about Feb. 11, officials said.

Good grief, what a situation. Maybe the dog really did just starve, poor thing.

So one spouse dies after a virus and the other, with "advanced Alzheimer's," is just there alone with the body. Why old folks really should be checked on more often.


Edit: Guess it helps to hit "read more" and look for the dog info:

One of the couple's three dogs was found dead in a crate about 10 to 15 feet from Arakawa's body, officials said.

But their two other dogs were found alive. It appeared they had access to a doggy door; one dog was found near Arakawa's body and the other was located outside, according to Mendoza.

Poor thing.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, definitely not "suicide pact" and "btw, let's off the dog, too" remotely.

[IndigoErth]

Apparently, the deceased dog had recently come home from a vet visit and (I read) suspected why it might have been it might have been kept in the crate at the time.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening viral illness transmitted to humans from the infected urine, droppings or saliva of certain species of mice and rats.

Wow, wtf. How did she even end up with that.

I feel bad for Hackman if he was mentally too far gone and just couldn't manage that situation and being left to his own care that he might not have been capable of.

[triplexxx]

Well that would explain why parts of her body were "mummified". So, in Gene's case, it was natural; in Betsy's case, it was plague; in the dog's case, it was starvation.

[IndigoErth]

Great, like a modern version of the Oregon Trail, but without those two things, nor any wagon wheels.

[IMJ]

What a sad end to this story.....

Basically his wife died of hantavirus basically spread from mice. She died a week before he did.

The sad part? Hackman had heart problems and advanced Alzheimer's disease. So basically he wasn't cognizant that his wife had been dead for a week, and without her there to help him he succumbed to heart disease.

What a sad story.

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Was Gene's wife Patient Zero?

[CyberCubed]

It's funny because Gene Hackman was still a big actor into the 90's. He was in movies alongside Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Leonardo DiCaprio and a whole bunch of other 90's stars. You would think that by then he would already be phasing out but he had a lot of roles alongside big 90's movie stars back then.