Hantavirus is not transmissible from person to person. You get it from mice and rats. Archived Message Posted by ATL on March 7, 2025, 18:18:56, in reply to "And she was only 63." Something was up with the wife too. Meaning that there were mice or rats in their house. I'm not sure she was able to care for both of them. Which is not on her. It's really freaking hard to care for somebody with alzheimer's. My MIL has it and we're learning that ourselves. My FIL is 80 but very active and all there, but he can't do it himself. And the house is going to pot. Previous Message Presumably she was doing it. Previous Message Previous Message Presumably they had money enough to afford this stuff and/or had family members who were involved. 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