# Gene Hackman and wife found dead, and dog **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [February 27, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861 "2025-02-27T08:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/201 "2025-03-05T16:18:19Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The dog’s really the only thing that interests me about this story. I’ve nothing against Hackman, but he lived a rich, full life. I just don’t want to know that dog suffered. Hopefully it died as suddenly as its people. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/202 "2025-03-05T17:32:06Z")
I had forgotten that Hackman had a starring role in _Absolute Power_. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/203 "2025-03-05T18:12:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > From watching British home renovation shows, they seem to call it a boot room. Yes. We do. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/204 "2025-03-05T19:04:31Z")
From those same shows, I also learned that what Americans call a “den,” Brits apparently call a “snug.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/205 "2025-03-05T19:06:33Z")
The lounge is not what you think, either. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/206 "2025-03-05T19:10:58Z")
And neither is the mud room. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/207 "2025-03-05T19:12:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > From those same shows, I also learned that what Americans call a “den,” Brits apparently call a “snug.” Yes. We do. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/208 "2025-03-05T20:20:52Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Yes. We do. Good to know. I always heard it relating to the little, partly closed off area in pubs, but I guess that could be considered a “den” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/209 "2025-03-05T20:27:01Z")
It’s where the pet lizards are kept? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/210 "2025-03-05T20:28:19Z")
Larry … is that you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/211 "2025-03-07T21:17:19Z")
Update just now: Reporting the wife died around the 11th of Hantavirus. Gene died around the 17th. Poor old guy musta been wandering around the house dazed and confused as a result of advanced Alzheimer’s. I really wish it was Carbon Monoxide. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/212 "2025-03-07T21:18:33Z")
Ah, that’s awful and horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/213 "2025-03-07T21:33:19Z")
And the dog was locked in a crate. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/214 "2025-03-07T21:49:56Z")
I think hantavirus is spread through inhaling rodent droppings, urine and other body fluids. I’m going to keep wearing a mask when sweeping up those little jimmies. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/215 "2025-03-07T22:10:50Z")
Does death from hantavirus happen suddenly? From the reports, it seemed she was taking an OTC medication at the moment she died. Wouldn’t she have had some cold or flu-like symptoms for at least a few days before she died? ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/216 "2025-03-07T22:14:04Z")
God that’s horrible. Maybe the Hantavirus was from the chipmunks and such you get out that way? When I lived on the west coast always tried convince people I was with not to go near the super cute chipmunks as they carry god-damned plague ☹ I did have one question though. The coronor said “Hackman died of heart disease, with advanced Alzheimer’s disease contributing”. So how does Alzheimer’s disease contribute to heart disease? Is there a direct cause or do they mean the fact he was unable to feed or otherwise look after himself 😢 because of the Alzheimer’s and that contributed to the heart disease? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/217 "2025-03-07T22:14:46Z")
It might not have been that sudden. Hantavirus can come with breathing difficulties. If she has an episode and collapsed, she could very well have been lying there for hours before finally succumbing, while Hackman was unable to process what was happening. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/218 "2025-03-07T22:15:27Z")
NM - ninja’d by a news update ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/219 "2025-03-07T22:16:09Z")
I read that as Alzheimer’s contributing to his death, not his heart disease. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861/220 "2025-03-07T22:24:12Z")
In these circumstances all sort of things contributed to his death. Alzheimer’s probably contributed the most by keeping him from dealing with the problems facing him rationally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861.md?page=12)