Gene Hackman died in his New Mexico home, which is not shocking in itself, given that he was 95 years old. The shocking part is that his much-younger wife died and one of his dogs died at the same time.
Well, that may not be quite right . . . they were all found at the same time, but had apparently been dead for a while.
As I write this, the reasons for the more-or-less simultaneous deaths remain a mystery. Maybe it’s just a really, really amazing coincidence, three living beings all dying at the same time.
I’ve seen Hackman in a lot of movies. I liked his work. The French Connection and Unforgiven are two of my favorite movies.
French Connection was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. My dad took me when I was 14.
RIP Gene Hackman