RIP Gene Hackman

[95coug]

Found dead at his home, along with his wife and dog. No foul play suspected.

I’ve occasionally had to check IMDB to see if he was still alive, since he stopped making movies 20 years ago, but he made some good ones. French Connection, Unforgiven, and of course Hoosiers - which is in almost everyone’s top 3 sports movies ever.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Found dead at his home, along with his wife and dog. No foul play suspected.

I’ve occasionally had to check IMDB to see if he was still alive, since he stopped making movies 20 years ago, but he made some good ones. French Connection, Unforgiven, and of course Hoosiers - which is in almost everyone’s top 3 sports movies ever.

My wife was asking me what movies he was in and it was kind of funny (sad?) that the only four that I could think of at the time was French Connection, Superman, Hoosiers and Unforgiven. Once I pulled up his filmography, it's amazing to see all the movies that I had forgotten he was in.

 

[ttowncoug]

Found dead at his home, along with his wife and dog. No foul play suspected.

I’ve occasionally had to check IMDB to see if he was still alive, since he stopped making movies 20 years ago, but he made some good ones. French Connection, Unforgiven, and of course Hoosiers - which is in almost everyone’s top 3 sports movies ever.

Suspect carbon monoxide poisoning is the word. Hard to believe he was 95. Hoosiers was a great movie!

 

[CougInSpain]

He was great in the Replacements as well. Pretty much any movie he was in made the movie that much better because of his "it" factor. The guy was just a natural.

 

[CougInSpain]

Suspect carbon monoxide poisoning is the word. Hard to believe he was 95. Hoosiers was a great movie!

Hmmmmmm, his wife and dog both died as well. I am having a hard time believing this was an accident but stranger things have happened.

 

[SaveFerris]

Hackman was great as the "really good guy" (Hoosiers) and he was great as the "not so good guy" (Unforgiven, Absolute Power). I was "flipping around" my stream and watched "The Conversation" about 3 weeks ago. Hackman was one of the best. RIP

 

[froropmkr72]

I even enjoyed him in The Quick and the Dead.

 

[kougkurt]

Epstein files released

 

[KRUSTYtheCOUG]

Suspect carbon monoxide poisoning is the word. Hard to believe he was 95. Hoosiers was a great movie!

Yus, but the soundtrack sucked. Mandatory one star deduction. 80s riffs for a movie set in the 50s is almost unforgivable. That's all I have to say about that

 

[95coug]

Hmmmmmm, his wife and dog both died as well. I am having a hard time believing this was an accident but stranger things have happened.

But they were reportedly in different parts of the house, and both appeared to have fallen suddenly, with no signs of trauma. Seems like a CO leak would fit, and would be pretty easily confirmed by the ME. Strangest part is that apparently the front door was partially open.

Authorities have called it unusual and are still investigating.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

CO poisoning comes essentially without symptoms. If a furnace with a leaking heat exchanger is running, or a flue vent in an attic is leaking in a place where it can be drawn into the return side of the furnace, you are going to spread CO pretty uniformly throughout the house. That is why even just a single working CO sensor in a house will provide a good level of coverage...especially if it is near the main return grille to the furnace...unlike smoke detectors, which tend to be needed in more than one location to get good coverage. Of course, if you have several smoke detectors that also detect CO, you've got it covered.

The death of the dog makes it pretty clear that it was not drugs/alcohol/etc. I'd give good odds on CO.

 

[Lollapalousa]

“Australia”

 

[95coug]

CO poisoning comes essentially without symptoms. If a furnace with a leaking heat exchanger is running, or a flue vent in an attic is leaking in a place where it can be drawn into the return side of the furnace, you are going to spread CO pretty uniformly throughout the house. That is why even just a single working CO sensor in a house will provide a good level of coverage...especially if it is near the main return grille to the furnace...unlike smoke detectors, which tend to be needed in more than one location to get good coverage. Of course, if you have several smoke detectors that also detect CO, you've got it covered.

The death of the dog makes it pretty clear that it was not drugs/alcohol/etc. I'd give good odds on CO.

CO can also cause unconsciousness/death very quickly - in just a few breaths, if the concentration is high enough. It's plausible that it could cause victims to suddenly fall down. Effects would presumably be worse on the elderly.

Gas company has already said they haven't seen indications of a leak, but if it was a faulty furnace, the gas company might not find it. They're only going to look up to the meter, or maybe to the furnace intake. If the furnace itself is malfunctioning, the issue will only appear when it's operating (obviously) and will be worse when it's under load. Depending on the level of malfunction...that could easily be the culprit.

Not sure if the dog is really an indicator, apparently there were 2 other dogs that were alive. I'm wondering if maybe the dead one ate some of the medication that the wife dropped?

The open door is still a puzzle too.

 

[M-I-Coug]

Found dead at his home, along with his wife and dog. No foul play suspected.

I’ve occasionally had to check IMDB to see if he was still alive, since he stopped making movies 20 years ago, but he made some good ones. French Connection, Unforgiven, and of course Hoosiers - which is in almost everyone’s top 3 sports movies ever.

Let's not forget about "The Poseiden Adventure", which was a huge, gigantic blockbuster hit in 1972.

Interesting to know who many regulars on this board actually saw the movie in the theaters, back in the day?

 

[95coug]

Let's not forget about "The Poseiden Adventure", which was a huge, gigantic blockbuster hit in 1972.

Interesting to know who many regulars on this board actually saw the movie in the theaters, back in the day?

Didn't see that one in the theater. Wasn't one of my favorites, but I gained more appreciation for it after the awful Kurt Russell remake.