Gene Hackman passes away

[weeds]

RIP Gene Hackman. The guy took on such varied roles and pretty much hit 'em out of the park.

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[gopkrs]

Pretty strange. A dog in the closet? The two of them in different rooms?

 

[weeds]

Pretty strange. A dog in the closet? The two of them in different rooms?

It is strange. Now I hear the dog in the "closet" was actually in a closet, in a cage. I assume a "closet" in a house like that is a little different than a "closet" in my house and they may have caged the dog for different reasons at night or what have you. Seems his pacemaker stopped working on the 17th and they found them on ... what ... the 24th ... and they're dead at the same time - I get him passing at 95, but his wife was only 65 ... so, at essentially the same time, is just unusual to be sure.

I really enjoyed his portrayal of the coach in Hoosiers -- and, it goes without saying (but I'm saying it anyway) the coach in the Replacements. Love that movie.

 

[weeds]

Man, the newer information and circumstances regarding these folks is just sad and seriously quirky. I guess I suspected Mr. Hackman had Alzheimer's based on the video of he and his wife leaving a store when he was last out in public but man ... what are the odds of his caregiver (and wife) passing away first from such an obscure (to me anyway) illness, leaving him, I'm surmising, largely without care for a week besides. It's heartbreaking really.

 

[Voyageur]

Man, the newer information and circumstances regarding these folks is just sad and seriously quirky. I guess I suspected Mr. Hackman had Alzheimer's based on the video of he and his wife leaving a store when he was last out in public but man ... what are the odds of his caregiver (and wife) passing away first from such an obscure (to me anyway) illness, leaving him, I'm surmising, largely without care for a week besides. It's heartbreaking really.

It's sad that they had nobody looking in on them to make sure things were going well. As an older person myself, my wife and I are thankful that one of our sons calls at least once every day. If we don't answer, or get back to him soon, he lets us know he worries for us. At our age, we don't carry our cell phones everywhere with us. We might let them sit on a charger for half a day, or leave the house to take a golf cart ride and forget to grab one to take with us. We're part of that old, "If it ain't got no cord on it, it ain't no telephone," group.

For older people, things can happen fast. Take a moment to insure those you have the backs of all your older family members and friends. They may not say it at times, but they do appreciate it.