Update on causes of death Archived Message Posted by illini21 on March 7, 2025, 15:20:51, in reply to "Gene Hackman is Ed Martin" https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1898120421935112400 Weird that she had apparently been dead for a week before he passed. Previous Message ?si=USqsIZzwOX-SXnDT Message Thread: | This response ↓ Gene Hackman is Ed Martin - JeffFrank February 27, 2025, 4:07:40 Update on causes of death - illini21 March 7, 2025, 15:20:51 I simply don’t understand how there were no family members or caregivers here - ATL March 7, 2025, 17:48:39 There you go presuming things again. * - DocWalk20 March 7, 2025, 18:02:56 And she was only 63. - SurfTheBoneyard March 7, 2025, 18:12:36 Hantavirus is not transmissible from person to person. You get it from mice and rats. - ATL March 7, 2025, 18:18:56 The something up with the wife was she got hantavirus… - SurfTheBoneyard March 7, 2025, 18:48:56 I assume he wasn’t in his right mind. at that age, miss some meds and things can drop fast - Nobster March 7, 2025, 20:03:02 Well, advanced Alzheimer’s would put you squarely “not in your right mind”* - illini thunder March 7, 2025, 20:04:39 this isn’t the game thread, thunder!* - Nobster March 7, 2025, 20:05:31 Yeah. Probably correct. Just extremely sad. * - ATL March 7, 2025, 18:56:29 Didn’t expect hantavirus to be thrown in.* - SurfTheBoneyard March 7, 2025, 16:00:01 NOBODY expects the Hanta Virus!!! Our chief weapon is surprise... - osklister March 7, 2025, 16:07:12 that Three Year Letterman dude must be making some good money - Sammich March 7, 2025, 15:33:38 ^^^ suggests to me that you liked a tweet or tweets from that account. - complainant March 7, 2025, 18:08:35 Apparently he had advanced Alzheimer's - AintHatin March 7, 2025, 15:30:33 “I’m Feeling Better!” - memyselfandillini March 7, 2025, 16:09:15 And was unable to feed the dogs, so one probably starved to death* - Stu March 7, 2025, 15:36:18 Well, this is enough internet for me today. * - doubledown March 7, 2025, 15:38:05 “I know you guys are good shooters but there’s more to the game than shooting.” - illini February 27, 2025, 19:39:50 This is just a list of awesome movies. * - doubledown February 27, 2025, 19:28:29 So they were murdered and this was staged, right?* - Stu February 27, 2025, 18:34:17 Died tragically rescuing his family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship.* - Herman Blume February 27, 2025, 15:53:18 Gene attending Illinois but never graduated. We should bestow an honorary degree.* - Warrin'_Illini February 27, 2025, 15:05:29 I graduated twice!* - Gene Parmesan March 7, 2025, 15:25:56 Faculty will bitch about it - Poldark February 27, 2025, 15:26:50 Of course, he killed his wife and his dog on his way out. - Warrin'_Illini February 27, 2025, 15:39:29 I never knew that his family settled in Danville.* - IlliniRunner February 27, 2025, 15:08:48 no wonder he was so good in Hoosiers* - ECEIllinois February 27, 2025, 15:50:06 For the size of the town, Danville has an inordinate number of illustrious natives. - Illiniphil February 27, 2025, 15:26:57 Dick & Jerry Van Dyke, Robin Yount and Hackman come immediately to mind* - bjl63 February 27, 2025, 15:31:16 Bobby Short (ask Jacob D about him), Irving Azoff (manager for REO, Eagles, and a famous film... - Illiniphil February 27, 2025, 15:45:09 jdl! - jdl February 27, 2025, 15:55:09 keon clark* - lcubed February 27, 2025, 15:44:00 Kinda feels like a Hoosiers or Unforgiven night tonight in honor of the guy. - JFG February 27, 2025, 14:47:31 Favorite movies? Conversation, Heist and Royal Tenenbaums are the first to jump to mind* - gvibes February 27, 2025, 14:47:06 y’all are idiots - bbonb February 27, 2025, 19:26:15 Unforgiven, bird cage, superman, hoosiers* - Taz February 27, 2025, 18:55:47 We just watched Enemy of the State this past weekend. (cool story)* - illinibone February 27, 2025, 16:29:37 "What the hell is happening!" -"I blew up the building!" -"Why?" -"BECAUSE YOU MADE A PHONE CALL!"* - IlliniRunner February 27, 2025, 19:07:38 This and Unforgiven are two of my fav Hackman movies* - WhitmansFolly February 27, 2025, 16:38:13 Quick and the Dead - Sammich February 27, 2025, 15:12:56 French Connection, The Birdcage & Get Shorty. * - illinijohn February 27, 2025, 15:08:54 Oh, forgot Get Shorty. Love that one* - bjl63 February 27, 2025, 15:24:40 Zimm! * - illinijohn February 27, 2025, 15:26:22 I generally hate all later Wes Anderson movies, but I like Royal Tennebaums because of Hackman - IlliniRunner February 27, 2025, 15:06:44 French Connection, Hoosiers, The Conversation, Crimson Tide* - bjl63 February 27, 2025, 15:03:51 I wouldn't say it's his best movies, but Hackman was incredible as Lex Luthor* - GMAW February 27, 2025, 15:03:32 Superman. The first movie Lex Luthor I remember.* - MojoJojo February 27, 2025, 15:03:29 Unforgiven and Crimson Tide. Also maybe not his best but enjoy Quick and the Dead too.* - Warrin'_Illini February 27, 2025, 15:03:01 Yes, used to love that movie. Haven't seen it in a long time* - Blazer February 27, 2025, 15:12:25 Quite the cast. Hackman, Sharon Stone, Leo and Russell Crowe.* - Warrin'_Illini February 27, 2025, 15:22:39 Crimson Tide, Hoosiers* - Blazer February 27, 2025, 15:02:24 The French Connection, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning, The Firm, Under Suspicion, Heist - IlliniRunner February 27, 2025, 15:01:36 Heist and Unforgiven * - digs February 27, 2025, 14:56:36 Poseidon Adventure. Crimson Tide. * - Chicago1995 February 27, 2025, 14:52:45 Crimson Tide, Mississippi Burning* - UofIL6 February 27, 2025, 14:51:41 Fuck 2025. Fuck it* - opossum jenkins February 27, 2025, 14:32:56 would not have recognized him if I saw him face to face - Orangeillini February 27, 2025, 14:12:20 I was surprised that the last movie he did was Welcome to Mooseport in 2004... - shua February 27, 2025, 14:42:29 he and Connery both retired around the same time - Sammich February 27, 2025, 14:44:03 More info: - SurfTheBoneyard February 27, 2025, 12:40:32 yeah, this is weird* - VIV February 27, 2025, 15:12:39 Even weirder. There was another dog found alive* - GMAW February 27, 2025, 14:38:32 There’s your prime suspect* - Herman Blume February 27, 2025, 15:49:33 I thought I just heard on a radio station that his time of death was 1-2 days after her? * - ghost_of_clt February 27, 2025, 14:04:32 So she died, and he either ended things, or couldn't take care of himself? - IlliniRunner February 27, 2025, 14:25:47 Maybe no one knows anything. The radio segment reported, I believe, that she died first. - ghost_of_clt February 27, 2025, 14:29:58 tragedy that he never got to be a spokesman for CRISPR* - Sammich February 27, 2025, 9:17:34 acknowledged* - John Coctostan February 27, 2025, 9:32:48 i told my wife this morning, and she asked who he is* - lcubed February 27, 2025, 8:11:43 Michigan booster* - Stu February 27, 2025, 9:08:00 But how was the mail order process overall? - digs February 27, 2025, 8:36:34 RIP GOAT* - PapaDels February 27, 2025, 7:22:32 Along with his wife and dog - timmer February 27, 2025, 6:09:51 Or a Chester Nimitz Jr. situation? - complainant February 27, 2025, 6:26:42 They would have found accommodations for the dog, and the wife was too young* - TarheelIllini February 27, 2025, 9:54:09 Didn't know what to expect. What a rational decision.* - ATL February 27, 2025, 7:49:31 That was my thought.* - JFG February 27, 2025, 7:36:07 Except his wife was only 63.* - SurfTheBoneyard February 27, 2025, 7:38:44   Searching