He wanted no credit or billing. He played tennis with Gene Wilder who told him about the film, and asked if he could be in it. Mel Brooks said he thought he could come in and film his part in a day, instead he stayed around for 10 days. While at the Pasadena Playhouse, Hackman and a classmate were voted "Least likely to succeed". The classmate was Dustin Hoffman.
I wonder if the wife went 1st. Accidental overdose? Medical episode and reaching for some medication she required?
I think there is a lot more we are going to find out. I certainly agree the story is incomplete, and that makes it strange indeed.
Reports now say they were dead for a week or even two. Dog probably died from thirst. Your scenario may be correct.
Once retired a lot of couples do their own thing and it's not surprising if you don't here from them. Friends and family could've thought they were on a trip or maybe they really did just live a private life. Sad but I don't think it's that unusual unfortunately..
Or the dog got into the pills. Sounds like the other dogs were able to get in and out.
I found this to be interesting. The great ones, from my experience, were not the easy ones or the nice ones when it came to performance.
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It will definitely turn into countless podcasts and shows. I'm still wagering he died of natural causes, she took her life and the pup died because it ate the pills on the floor but...I feel like that could have been determined so who knows. Just a sad story considering it took so long to find them
I thought I read somewhere that the dead dog was crated when found, and 2 other dogs were in the home alive. I find it odd that they'd do something like this intentionally and not make some arrangement for the dogs, such as boarding them which would assure they'd be cared for when Hackman and his wife never arrived to pick them up. From what I've read they were very into their dogs. If true, just leaving them there to starve would be odd.
the key will be the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa. He was on death's doorstep so probably natural causes. She was a very vibrant 63. I've read murder-suicide speculation. I've read a death pact: when one dies the other takes their life. I've also read that his two daughters will now get the estate while Betsy, being his next of kin, would have gotten the estate so there is motive there. Not saying they did anything, just that there is motive.
The meds were Tylenol, thyroid and BP medication. The toxicology report is of course the key to the whole thing unless the autopsy finds evidence of sudden cardiac arrest for one or both.
Yep. my thinking is that she may have taken something to end her life and that wasn't happening painlessly. So she went to take a tylenol or something to lower her pain. Knowing she was near end of life, she just rummaged through her stuff, spilling it, before collapsing and passing away.
I’m thinking your second theory. Wife has a cardiac episode. Maybe is reaching or looking for something like nitro pills and spills her normal array of meds everywhere.
I didn't think of her dying first. Could be. again, we'll know when her cause of death is IDed.
That's even more sad that the dog was crated and just trapped. Definitely would be odd but people aren't always thinking clearly.
