RIP Gene Hackman

I wonder if they tried to keep the alzheimer's a secret so didn't want people knowing, so his wife looked after him.
 
Gerard said:
Wow :(

After his wife died he was probably just wandering the house by himself with no idea of what was going on. I'm more surprised they didn't have some type of carer system in place to help his wife manage, people with advanced dementia can be challenging to work with to say the least.

No way for anyone to go. :(
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This is Trump's america where healthcare is being slashed
 
GGizmo said:
I wonder if they tried to keep the alzheimer's a secret so didn't want people knowing, so his wife looked after him.
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He retired in 2004 due to his heart not being in great shape. Though he was a cyclist into his 90's, he had an accident with a pickup in 2012,wouldn't surprise me if that was the start of Alzheimer's kicking off.
 
uber soldat said:
With an estimated fortune of 80 million dollars, I think he could afford medical bills.
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With healthcare being slashed, that might mean care is not available, no matter how much money you have.
Also, estimated worth is exactly that - Estimated, based on what little they do know of someone's private financial affairs. I doubt anyone publishing that sort of data will have much of a real insight, unless they hack into peoples' private bank accounts or something.
 
ttaskmaster said:
With healthcare being slashed, that might mean care is not available, no matter how much money you have.
Also, estimated worth is exactly that - Estimated, based on what little they do know of someone's private financial affairs. I doubt anyone publishing that sort of data will have much of a real insight, unless they hack into peoples' private bank accounts or something.
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With his wife being in her early 60s, I doubt anyone particularly concerned about her ability to care for him. Hantavirus starts off being like flu, followed by a high chance of sudden heart failure. She probably thought she just had flu and didn't realise the danger she was in and thus that put him in.
 
This is why people are usually asked not to speculate as guess what, facts are important. He was a great actor and I’ll have to have a rewatch of my favourite Gene Hackman films.

I’m just glad Hitler wasn’t involved as first speculated ;)
 
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