Gene Hackman dead
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Another under the radar Hackman gem...Bat 21. He's an officer behind enemy lines in Vietnam. He can't give away his position to rescue because the enemy is listening. So he comes up with an ingenious way to create a pickup point.
Probably had the most unlikely cameo ever.
Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
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He played a good western villain. The Quick and the Dead was pretty good as well.
Crimson Tide is an excellent submarine movie. Acting, script, music.
Hans Zimmer was in peak form on the soundtrack. Great movie.
I read somewhere the dog was in the closet. I assume they meant with door closed but don’t know. I have a German shepherd and can imagine that more as a result of someone trying to keep the dog away rather than forgetting where the back door is.
Has anyone considered that maybe the dog did it and couldn’t live with himself anymore or perhaps this is the work of a possessed doll?
These can’t be ruled out.
These can’t be ruled out.
We positive Gene Hackman just didn't have the best wife ever? If I'm 95 and losing it, I couldn't imagine a better way to go than in my bed with my still hot 64 year old wife too distraught to face a life without me so she decides to take us both out.
Sign me up right now.
Sign me up right now.
Everyone likes to say once they're older and have a bit of money, they'd like to live somewhere remote and not be bothered. That's fine until you're found to have been laying on a floor dead for over a week and your wife, dead too, has been mummified.
Don't think this is as sinister as some want it to be though. It's possible she had a medical emergency, reached for some pills, fell over dead, and he didn't hear it happen. A space heater was found near her body which if on, would've sped up the decomposition process. Maybe he finds her later on, is distraught and confused, looks for a phone and his heart gives out in another room. There was an older actor living in CA who had two sons working in NYC, in or around the Towers. On 9/11, he couldn't get ahold of them and died of a heart attack the next morning before knowing if they were okay (they were). He was 74.
Don't think this is as sinister as some want it to be though. It's possible she had a medical emergency, reached for some pills, fell over dead, and he didn't hear it happen. A space heater was found near her body which if on, would've sped up the decomposition process. Maybe he finds her later on, is distraught and confused, looks for a phone and his heart gives out in another room. There was an older actor living in CA who had two sons working in NYC, in or around the Towers. On 9/11, he couldn't get ahold of them and died of a heart attack the next morning before knowing if they were okay (they were). He was 74.
Usually people of that age will have a home health nurse come over a few times a week, but this couple sounded pretty private. The daughter said they were "close" but hadn't spoken in 3 months. I don't really consider that close.
He was very public about his dislike of assassins and men of low character. Some of them do not take kindly to such insults.
All I know for sure is that he was not a carpenter.
All I know for sure is that he was not a carpenter.
It's sad how his life ended but living to 95 doing what you love is a pretty good life.
Went to my dad's last night and he wanted to watch The French Connection (I had never seen it). Half way in, the plot so far is kind of.. meh. Its kind of odd how it starts, feels like I'm missing something. And we're looking at the cast on our phones and it seems like there's a lot of uncredited actors. Like, Ed Lauter is clearly in this, why is he uncredited? And then I go to the Wikipedia page and im reading, and I'm like "wait, when did Gene Hackman have a partner?"
We were 80 minutes into The French Connection II. Lmfao.
We were 80 minutes into The French Connection II. Lmfao.
Quick and the Dead was a good one as well. I wasn't crazy about the French Connection but gritty cop dramas aren't my thing. Great car chase though. Hackman had a rep for being a hothead and often clashed with his directors. That said he is easily one of my 5 favorite actors.
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Gene Hackman, wife's cause of death: Forensic expert shares opinion on 'unusual' circumstances
Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden shared his theory on the "unusual" circumstances that may have led to the deaths of Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog.
www.foxnews.com
Loved his work. But in Hoosiers, when I watched it as a kid I thought it was weird he was kissing Barbara Hershey who appeared to be way too young for him. And to be fair to 10 year old Wayne Dougan, she was 18 years his junior.
Dog in closet could be lots of reasons. I would assume his "closet" isn't some small coat closet and that maybe they had a crate or place set up in a walk-in closet. Also had a friend who actually had small room off his garage for a dog. it had a dutch door, but the crate was in there and it was where the dog ate. closed up it could be construed as a "Closet". Anyway, also, when dogs know they're about to die, they sometimes wander off and hide. We had a little Pomeranian do that when she was on her last legs. Her bed was in my Wifes Walk-in Closet, but we left the door to it open but overnight, she went and nosed he way in behind the recliner in the corner of our bedroom and died. Not a place she frequented.
Agreed she was in her 40s at the time.
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If I had to bet, this is what I would bet on.
Saw that dog was in a crate.
Had a damn good run, IMHO.
I think is quite plausible and probably close to what really happened.
She was 38. He was 56. I know a lot of couples with that spread.
I was perusing through the movies on Prime tonight and saw Hoosiers. I hadn't seen that movie in a long time and it didn't disappoint.
Stil want to know how Buddy got back on the team.
Hoosiers had a really good score by Jerry Goldsmith who also did Rudy.