@dailymail: Gene Hackman could not call for help when his wife died because he did not own a mobile phone, a close friend revealed last night. Post-mortem results show the Oscar winner's wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, died on February 11 at their New Mexico home from a flu-like infection caught from rat faeces. Hackman, 95, died there a week later from heart disease, with his advanced Alzheimer's 'a significant factor'. Their bodies were found on February 26. Tom Allin, a long-time friend of the couple, said Hackman did not have a phone and was 'uninterested in technology'. Read more at DailyMail.com #sad #genehackman #wife #phone #help #call
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user642777139316 :
I'm sure his children will go now to check up on the will.
2025-03-09 15:29:44
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Cali :
How was there no caretaker checking up on him. That’s what bothers me.
2025-03-09 15:11:50
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Gi ♏️ :
What about the dog
2025-03-10 05:07:43
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Tim :
The fact that none of his kids checked up on him for days, tells you something was terribly wrong inside this family. What a shame.🤷🏻♂️
2025-03-09 15:17:00
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Bigbigmac01 :
Don’t care what the media says. Something isn’t right about this.
2025-03-09 15:18:47
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donutcamie :
Alzheimer’s is a horrible disease. 💔
2025-03-09 16:23:09
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Sh3pp13 🇨🇦 :
If he had advanced alzheimers, I cannot understand why there wasn't at least respite workers coming in a couple times per week to help HER?
2025-03-09 18:59:56
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teodocqhftx :
well if he had advanced dementia, that was probably the reason he couldn't ask for help, not the fact he didn't have a mobile phone.
2025-03-09 19:06:13
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Hector Palacios :
and the dog and the family?
2025-03-10 04:15:41
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D.🇨🇦 :
And the dog must’ve died of dehydration and no food. So sad.
2025-03-09 15:09:34
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Zuulmommy :
They collected two green phones
2025-03-09 15:13:54
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Queen Storm :
Poor guy. They should have had someone pop in once a day to say hi or deliver a meal or something.
2025-03-09 15:18:00
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seb :
The age gap tho
2025-03-09 15:03:31
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Jen :
This is just a guess y’all like nobody was actually there
2025-03-10 04:52:38
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Jenny - Barley & Bijou’s mum :
And the dog!!! Poor dog! 😔💔
2025-03-09 15:08:48
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Ginabeena :
Elderly family needs to be checked on every day . No excuse for this .
2025-03-09 19:00:37
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erickump655 :
he didn't even know what was going on
2025-03-09 15:09:01
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DCD :
Can't make me understand why they didn't have a Caregiver.
2025-03-09 19:01:53
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CreaturePreacher :
What a way to go. Honestly as bad as it was, it could have been worse. Poor lady, if Gene called 911 for her, she’d be alive. I guarantee, he married a woman much younger than him, to care for him
2025-03-10 08:57:48
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Michael :
...what about the dog? it disappeared from reporting.
2025-03-11 16:37:58
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jwshaw76 :
If your parent can be dead for a week or two before you notice them…. That speaks volumes on the deceased. Oh well!
2025-03-09 15:49:01
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doraarevalo681 :
this story dosen't make any sense..they're rich and don't have a phone, there's rat feces in a mansion, they did not have ppl to go clean the house and take care of an 95 yr old man with alzheimer's?
2025-03-10 05:34:22
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Solidphuc :
How the dog died??
2025-03-09 15:16:17
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