Says on my Norwegian news, any more info on this?
It’s a chilly evening in Santa Fe tonight. My first guess is carbon monoxide poisoning from a malfunctioning furnace.
Suicide i persume
From ABC News: Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning star of ‘Hoosiers’ and ‘Unforgiven,’ dies at 95 - ABC News
Dogs don’t commit suicide.
For sure. Carbon monoxide poisoning, as @Smapti speculates, seems awfully likely.
Dogicide
Canicide-suicide, then.
Kidding aside, Smapti got it in one: CO poisoning is almost surely it. And (assuming that’s the cause) what a shame to make it to 95, only to be killed by a malfunctioning furnace.
Once you’re 95, the cause of death doesn’t really matter. It’s sadder when you die at 64, like his wife.
If I may interject about the man’s life, rather than his death…
My favorite actor, period. As the NY Times obit stresses (gift link below), he was so subtle, so real, yet so compelling, often with a so-human turbulence bubbling underneath.
By chance, I told my 14-year-old son about him just yesterday – he’s into basketball, and I said we’ll see Hoosiers sometime soon.
So many great roles. The Conversation, of course. But I loved him in lesser-known roles, too, like The Heist. And he could be funny – The Unforgiven, Birdcage – and worth savoring even in otherwise not-great movies like Under Suspicion.
I loved his performance in March or Die along with Terence Hill.
I’ll check it out - thanks!
His personal narrative about lying about his age of 16 yrs to join the US Marine Corps was kind of mind-blowing yet rang true for a person like him.
The Conversation did have me sitting on edge and the strong cast complemented each other. That’s really a good pic @JKellyMap!
I’m going with CO as well. The only other thing I could think of was a fire, but something like that probably would’ve made the news. If the dog wasn’t involved, food poisoning may have been in the running.
I visited someone in Santa Fe once who had an older, adobe house. The way the house was heated was from gas heaters that were mounted against the wall. At the time I thought that was odd and mentioned it to someone. He said that they are vented outside, but sometimes the vents get clogged. I have no idea if that’s what happened in this case, but it struck me as an odd coincidence.
Well, he was seen walking around with a hangdog expression.
mmm
Just Heist, a criminally underrated Mamet film: not only Hackman but Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, and Patti LuPone in a small part.
Stranger
PSA: a combination smoke/CO detector can cost as low as $15 apiece.