[HN Gopher] Gene Hackman has died
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Gene Hackman has died
Author : romaniitedomum
Score : 140 points
Date : 2025-02-27 08:46 UTC (14 hours ago)
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| 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
| Rest in peace. Three deaths (counting the dog) and no foul play.
| Carbon monoxide?
| Am4TIfIsER0ppos wrote:
| CO poisoning during cold still weather is not uncommon in
| old/poor houses heated by gas or oil here in western Europe.
| What is the weather like in, I assume California, now?
| echelon_musk wrote:
| > I assume California
|
| TFA states they lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
| Am4TIfIsER0ppos wrote:
| My mistake. I read Santa Fe elsewhere without the state
| attached and must have skimmed over it here.
| canucker2016 wrote:
| The house is in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
|
| https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/816924/inside-gene-
| hackm...
|
| Santa Fe weather seems to be daytime high around 10C,
| nighttime low around 0C, maybe a few degrees below 0C these
| days.
| reginald78 wrote:
| Seems odd it is still fairly common, don't most people have
| detectors at this point?
| 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
| Yes but people forget to check them. A new threat could be
| cheapo detectors from Amazon. I bought a house recently and
| the fire marshall had them replace all their Amazon crap
| detectors with the real deal.
| alabastervlog wrote:
| Shitty detectors; people simply forget to check on them
| or don't bother to install one in the first place or
| don't even know they should have one; expired detectors
| that don't work anymore but also don't alert that they're
| non-functional. Plus, older people tend to get worse at
| maintaining out-of-the-way stuff like that, more
| forgetful, harder to get around, may visit entire
| sections of their house (like a basement) almost never so
| just forget about it or don't notice signs that something
| needs to be replaced or repaired.
|
| Check on your parents' smoke and CO detectors next time
| you visit!
| Am4TIfIsER0ppos wrote:
| No.
| rcleveng wrote:
| And even if they do have them, they degrade over time and
| only last around 10 years tops. It's quite possible that
| the ones they had failed, and failed silently. Such as
| loss.
| gosub100 wrote:
| Also people who warm up in idling cars, in semi confined
| spaces,on nights with no breeze. I've seen a couple local
| news stories of this. It's very sad.
| bitwize wrote:
| That's what I thought of. "Weird Al" Yankovic's parents were
| both found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning about 15 years
| back in a very similar fashion.
| canucker2016 wrote:
| Former tennis pro, Vitas Gerulaitis, died from carbon
| monoxide poisoning from a faulty propane heater.
|
| https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vitas-gerulaitis/g008/bio
| dehrmann wrote:
| I bought my parents a few CO detectors for Christmas a few
| years ago. I reminded them that they don't have any gas
| appliances, but they do heat with wood.
| MrBuddyCasino wrote:
| Drop your favourite Hackman movies!
|
| Heres mine:
|
| --= The Conversation (1979) =--
|
| "Schizo surveillance guy gets a contract that starts to derail
| things" is the basic premise, but there is more going on - "it
| has layers".
|
| Francis Ford Coppola filmed this in between Godfather I & II. I
| believe it is less famous only because the target audience is
| smaller, not due to its quality.
|
| The editing is perfect, the pacing just right and the acting
| mostly top notch. Gene Hackman absolutely nails it.
|
| I found the whole thing to be mesmerising and gripping until the
| very end. Underrated masterpiece.
|
| May he rest in peace.
| kunwon1 wrote:
| Heist (2001) - Directed by David Mamet
|
| It's not very well known or particularly well reviewed. It just
| clicked with me, I've watched it probably a dozen times. It's
| about a jewel heist and the drama surrounding it
| captainmisery wrote:
| Yes! Heist is my favorite as well.
| gilleain wrote:
| That was one of the first ones I thought of as well. Not sure
| why but the line "I can't be worrying about every little
| thing!" stuck in my mind.
| IanCal wrote:
| I _love_ heist. Truly excellent film. It 's been a while
| since I've seen it so I'll have to dig it out again.
| sandebert wrote:
| I love Heist. One quote that is etched into my brain, from
| Danny DeVito:
|
| "Everybody needs money. That's why they call it MONEY!"
| laidoffamazon wrote:
| I liked Heist and especially liked the cast (Delroy Lindo and
| DeVito are excellent in everything I've seen them in as well)
| - but there's something up with Mamets direction and
| cinematography that makes the movies look way cheaper and
| older than they are. Never understood it, not in Spartan or
| the Spanish Prisoner (another underrated film IMO) or Heist.
| MollyRealized wrote:
| This is perhaps the most random and stupid comment in this
| thread, but I always hear Lou Costello going "HEY
| MAMETTTTTTTTTT!!!!!" in my head when I see his name. (Yes, I
| know he's saying 'Abbott'.)
| taude wrote:
| I won't say favorite, but who can forget his Lex Luthor in the
| original Superman!
|
| Won't a favorite, but I recently watched Enemy of the State
| again, and was surprised by how much it held up over time, 27
| or 28 years laster.
| ryandrake wrote:
| _Enemy of the State_ was a documentary. Prove me wrong!
| bitwize wrote:
| There are a number of military surveillance technologies like
| GORGON STARE that got their start when some military brass
| saw _Enemy of the State_ and said "I want that capability.
| Can we have that?"
| Lio wrote:
| I'd go with Unforgiven (1992).
|
| He was perfect as the sherif. One of those morally ambiguous
| characters, that you warm to but know is really a bad guy (much
| like the Clint Eastwood's lead character).
|
| (...to be honest it's a tough call between Popeye Doyle or
| Royal Tenenbaum too).
| booleanbetrayal wrote:
| I second this. "Little Bill" was portrayed in such a way,
| that as a viewer, you are pulled between rationalizing and
| condemning his actions. Fantastic movie with superb acting on
| Hackman's (and truly, every other actor's) part.
| jhallenworld wrote:
| Never mind the story, the audio equipment was awesome :-)
|
| https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=vintage&m=224226
| kieselguhr_kid wrote:
| The Conversation is probably my favorite as well, but I always
| enjoyed Enemy of the State (1998) a lot. It has the same
| paranoid vibes as some of his work in the 70s, but with the
| subtlety replaced with sensational action. He was great in that
| film as a retired super spook, and his chemistry with Will
| Smith really elevated it.
| xnx wrote:
| The Royal Tenenbaums:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Hbs0s6_sQ
| khy wrote:
| Just came across this, which I enjoyed:
| https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wes-anderson-difficulty-
| working...
| locallost wrote:
| French Connection, talk about nailing the role of a cop
| obsessed with getting his suspect. Even the sequel is not bad.
| Mississippi Burning, Hoosiers...
|
| Didn't watch that one, seems interesting so I will check it
| out, thanks.
| UnreachableCode wrote:
| The contrast between the police eating hotdogs out in the
| cold while the gangsters wine and dine in the most expensive
| restaurant is the most memorable scene to me. I still need to
| watch the sequel.
| MrBuddyCasino wrote:
| The only contender for top spot, besides The Conversation.
| defaultcompany wrote:
| "Were you picking your feet in Poughkeepsie!?"
| TeaBrain wrote:
| This is my favorite of the films I've seen him in also. It is
| surprising how rarely the film gets brought up, considering its
| quality and it having been written and directed by Coppola.
| computershit wrote:
| Hoosiers, for sure. "My team is on the floor" was such a flex
| as a coach, it is still difficult for me to separate the man he
| played in that movie and the actor, to me they're one and the
| same.
| AlexandrB wrote:
| The Royal Tenenbaums
|
| "Asshole dad reconciles with his estranged children."
|
| Probably my favourite Wes Anderson film with an extremely
| talented cast. Gene Hackman does a great job of playing a well-
| meaning buy very flawed father figure.
| Lio wrote:
| _" Oh no, that's just dog's blood"_
| mrcwinn wrote:
| "Dad, you were never dying." "But I'm going to live!"
|
| I've heard he was just wretched to deal with on set and
| didn't really connect with the movie (at least at the time)
| -- but wow what a performance regardless. That movie isn't
| what it is without him. You could say that for many of his
| films.
| thisismytest wrote:
| Enemy of the State
| xhkkffbf wrote:
| It is quite good on its own. And it's a bit ironic given "The
| Conversation".
|
| But it's up against some great competition in this debate.
| echelon_musk wrote:
| The Conversation at 50: Why the paranoid thriller is more
| relevant than ever
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194188
| Arn_Thor wrote:
| Night Moves is essential neo-noir
| isleyaardvark wrote:
| He's so good in it, and its treatment of masculinity was
| interesting.
|
| Best read after seeing it:
| https://filmschoolrejects.com/night-moves-neo-noir/
| pathartl wrote:
| I actually like Welcome to Mooseport. It's nothing special, but
| it's a pretty tame comedy from the start of the end of the,
| imo, golden comedy era.
| ericcumbee wrote:
| Crimson Tide - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112740/ Gene
| Hackman, and Denzel Washington with the always outstanding
| musical score of Hans Zimmer.
| glitchc wrote:
| The Quick and the Dead for me. His turn as the villian was the
| best part of that movie.
|
| Enemy of the State is right up there too.
| ourmandave wrote:
| _Young Frankenstein_ 1974
| MollyRealized wrote:
| YES! Nice to see someone else who knows about his cameo. "I
| was gonna make espresso..." Hackman ad libbed that line and
| the reason that it immediately fades to black afterwards is
| because the entire crew loudly cracked up, and they couldn't
| reshoot that line without everyone still getting the giggles.
| singleshot_ wrote:
| Boy, "it has layers" is an understatement. Go watch this movie,
| it's fantastic.
| wanderingmoose wrote:
| I really love Guy Ritchie's tip of the hat in The Gentlemen
| from Hugh Grant's character where when talking about watching a
| conversation through a telephoto lens he says, "But I filmed
| it, had it lip-read, translated, and transcribed. Rather like
| the classic 1974 film The Conversation starring Gene Hackman
| and John Cazale. You know, Coppola slipped that one out between
| the Godfathers. It wasn't really for me. It's a bit boring to
| be honest...."
|
| I don't know why but that makes me laugh every time. (And I
| agree w/ The Conversation being underrated)
| toomanyrichies wrote:
| "The Conversation" is a masterpiece of the golden age of 70s
| film. "The French Connection" would be on my list too, for
| similar reasons. Popeye Doyle is a classic 70s protagonist.
|
| I'm surprised no one has mentioned "The Birdcage" yet.
| Fantastic ensemble cast, and Hackman plays his part to
| perfection.
|
| "Heist" and "Royal Tenenbaums" would finish out my list.
| toomanyrichies wrote:
| EDIT- how could I forget "Mississippi Burning"?!? The man was
| truly a national treasure.
| bbx wrote:
| My favorite of his as well. Also in my top 10 movies of all
| time. Just a unique script, great cinematography, and a
| fantastic performance by Hackman. Love the sound editing.
| Special guests: Robert Duvall and Harrison Ford.
| lsllc wrote:
| BAT21
|
| Enemy of the State
| laidoffamazon wrote:
| I absolutely adored him in Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State.
| Brilliant movies.
| tfigueroa wrote:
| I have to go with The Birdcage. Just a silly movie, with
| Hackman playing a rather timeless portrayal of a politician.
| The meandering story about "purple mountains" always gets me
| for some reason.
| tannhaeuser wrote:
| +1 for The Conversation, an underated, gripping, and creepy
| movie that is underrated indeed and that I came to watch or
| even know about only last year (featuring a really young
| Harrison Ford btw). It's ahead of its time, yet also vaguely
| reminiscent of 1960's avantgarde movies like Blow Up. I also
| loved Hackmann's comedy performances, like in French Connection
| II and in The Birdcage. RIP
| FuriouslyAdrift wrote:
| Superman!
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)
| mihaaly wrote:
| All I seen are but I'd highlight his role in the Get Shorty,
| because it rarely mentioned. So perfecly played small person in
| a big game character, an other testament to his talent.
| mikesickler wrote:
| Scarecrow (1973) is a little-known Gene Hackman and Al Pacino
| movie that's kind of great
| LandR wrote:
| Him, his wife and his dog found dead in the house ?
|
| Carbon Monoxide, possibly?
|
| Shame. I had no idea the guy was that old.
| water-data-dude wrote:
| Friendly reminder that "most CO detectors use a sensor with a
| defined, limited lifespan, and will not work indefinitely."
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_detector
| bragr wrote:
| TIL
|
| Time to visit the hardware store
| jihadjihad wrote:
| True. Newer ones will last ~10 years, and will shout an EOL
| warning when they near the end of their life. I've got
| hardwired combo smoke and CO detectors (AA battery backup)
| from Kidde at the house and they have this feature.
|
| The nice part of having them hardwired is that the house is
| now like an office/other building: if one trips, they all
| trip, so the whole house is alerted. The newer ones have far
| fewer false alarms, too (pizza in the oven I am looking at
| you...).
| orra wrote:
| Hardwiring is good, but if retrofitting, you don't need to
| do it. Some of the 10 year battery powered units can
| wirelessly link (and thankfully not over something
| inconsistent like WiFi or Bluetooth).
| shkkmo wrote:
| That was my first thought too, but only 1 of their 3 dogs was
| found dead
| echelon_musk wrote:
| > The local gas provider, the New Mexico Gas Co, was involved
| in the investigation alongside the Santa Fe county sheriff's
| department, Associated Press reported, raising speculation that
| carbon monoxide poisoning lay behind the deaths
|
| https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/gene-hackman-ca...
| canucker2016 wrote:
| Not when responders arrived according to this article,
| https://abcnews.go.com/US/actor-gene-hackman-wife-found-dead...
| The Academy Award-winning actor was found on the floor in the
| mud room, according to the search warrant. It appeared he fell
| suddenly, and he and his wife "showed obvious signs of death,"
| the document said. Arakawa was found lying on her
| side on the floor in a bathroom, with a space heater near her
| body, according to the search warrant. Her body
| showed signs of decomposition, the document said. There was
| mummification to her hands and feet, the document said.
| A German shepherd was found dead about 10 to 15 feet from
| Arakawa, the document said. But two other dogs
| were found alive. One healthy dog was near Arakawa and the
| other was located outside, according to the search warrant.
| The Santa Fe City Fire Department found no signs of a possible
| carbon monoxide leak or poisoning, the document said. If there
| was carbon monoxide at the scene, it could have vented out of
| the home through the open front door before responders arrived.
| New Mexico Gas Company also responded and "as of now, there are
| no signs or evidence indicating there were any problems
| associated to the pipes in and around the residence," the
| document said.
| ninetyninenine wrote:
| Very unlikely for two people to die like that at the same
| time without some common factor. Add a dog and the
| probability becomes even crazier.
|
| The evidence doesn't show any foul play but the probabilities
| and unlikelihoods do.
| sparky_z wrote:
| Keep in mind, he was 95 and was forced into retirement by
| health issues over 20 years ago. If your base rate is based
| on two healthy people in their prime, that's a little
| different. It could be as simple as he found her dead or
| dying, tried to get help and had a heart attack from the
| stress or simply just fell. Reports are they weren't found
| for two weeks, which sadly could explain the dog.
|
| Tragic situation all around, but I'm not ready to use a
| probability based argument to insist on foul play.
| ninetyninenine wrote:
| 3 things dying in 2 weeks in the same house is just
| unlikely and the people must have died within minutes.
| This is still unlikely EVEN when you take into account
| age and health issues.
| tiahura wrote:
| Like Weird Al's folks and those poor people at the Bahama's
| Sandals.
| locallost wrote:
| R.I.P. Just watched Mississippi Burning the other day again, what
| a terrific actor. One of the all time greats, so many memorable
| roles.
|
| I even thought man he's really old now, but this seems to be a
| tragedy. What a shame.
| robertlagrant wrote:
| I always remember him in this role. Such a great film.
| boilerupnc wrote:
| https://archive.ph/EszIB
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman
|
| https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/
|
| Related:
|
| _Gene Hackman has died_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194778
|
| _Sheriff: Gene Hackman, wife found dead in Santa Fe home; no
| foul play suspected_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194324
|
| _Gene Hackman and his wife found dead at their home_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43192605
| danso wrote:
| Absolutely bonkers that Hackman quit acting more than 20 years
| ago [0] -- "Welcome to Mooseport (2004)" was his last film. But
| his body of work in my mind feels as timelessly relevant and
| fresh as Clint Eastwood's and Bill Murray's. Maybe because I love
| rewatching Unforgiven and Crimson Tide. I haven't even seen
| French Connection, which earned him his first Oscar. RIP to this
| legend.
|
| [0] https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/
| xhkkffbf wrote:
| "French Connection" is truly great. Such a good chase scene.
| sleepybrett wrote:
| The Conversation and honestly The Royal Tanenbaums.
| munch117 wrote:
| Whichever of his movies I watched last.
| FuriouslyAdrift wrote:
| Don't forget his incredible performance as Lex Luther in
| Superman (1978... written by Mario Puzo...)
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)
| SirFatty wrote:
| Young Frankenstein FTW!
| fm2606 wrote:
| Hoosiers is probably my favorite movie of his.
| alsetmusic wrote:
| Loved him in Get Shorty, too. This is prompting me to
| finally watch The Conversation tonight.
| jgalt212 wrote:
| The Ringer has it as #3 all time best chase scene.
|
| https://www.theringer.com/2024/05/21/movies/greatest-
| movie-c...
| bitwize wrote:
| A couple of days ago, Michelle Trachtenberg (of Buffy fame) died.
| Seems the liver issues she'd been clearly undergoing since over a
| year ago finally caught up with her. She was just 39.
| canucker2016 wrote:
| Why Gene Hackman stopped acting.
|
| from https://nypost.com/2025/02/27/entertainment/gene-hackman-
| rev... "The straw that broke the camel's back
| was actually a stress test that I took in New York," Hackman told
| Empire in a 2009 interview. "The doctor advised me
| that my heart wasn't in the kind of shape that I should be
| putting it under any stress," he added. He
| maintained his love for acting and missed it but the business had
| become too stressful for him.
| Clubber wrote:
| >"The doctor advised me that my heart wasn't in the kind of
| shape that I should be putting it under any stress," he added.
|
| >He maintained his love for acting and missed it but the
| business had become too stressful for him.
|
| Sounds like modern dev work.
| barbazoo wrote:
| Depends on the individual situation obviously.
| Maxatar wrote:
| This is a take you'd only hear on a site like Hacker News.
|
| Software development consistently ranks among the least
| stressful jobs you can get and it's really out of touch to
| compare this profession to genuinely stressful jobs.
|
| Looking over surveys of most stressful jobs, it looks like
| the common theme are those that deal directly with people
| like customer service, sales, nursing/health care, or working
| in physically demanding environments like cook, construction,
| fire fighter.
|
| Software development is an incredibly stress-free job in the
| overwhelming majority of circumstances.
| poulsbohemian wrote:
| Then consider yourself really lucky because I ended up in
| the hospital back in 2010 from the stress. Yes I hear there
| are lovely places with fat salaries, massages, and free
| lunches, but that's not the majority of software
| development or tech work.
| vages wrote:
| Saying that a profession is less stressful than others,
| doesn't imply it's stress free.
|
| Most professions have a much higher risk of physical
| violence, for instance.
| EthanHeilman wrote:
| > Software development consistently ranks among the least
| stressful jobs you can get and it's really out of touch to
| compare this profession to genuinely stressful jobs.
|
| I've worked a number of different jobs. Software
| development isn't the most stressful job, but it can be
| very stressful.
| bluSCALE4 wrote:
| I believe the most stressful part of IT is that the job
| itself is stressful at times. I believe that in most jobs,
| the job itself isn't stressful, it's the people and the
| stresses of life due to low pay.
| strangescript wrote:
| This is sooooo dependent on where you work and your current
| outside of work situation (ie, you need the money bad)
| pjmlp wrote:
| Unless one is on consulting, high integrity computing,
| trading,....
| Sohcahtoa82 wrote:
| > customer service
|
| You could offer me double my current tech job salary and I
| still don't think I'd go back to my old retail service job.
|
| People were shitty when I did it 20 years ago, and they've
| only gotten shittier today.
| cultofmetatron wrote:
| > Software development is an incredibly stress-free job
|
| _laughs from a bootstrapped startup_
| joquarky wrote:
| It's not worth it
|
| I was the second developer at a startup, got a nice
| bundle of stock options that kept me highly motivated for
| 12 years but were ultimately worthless when the company
| sold
| thejazzman wrote:
| i strongly disagree as a SWE of 16y working silicon valley
| remotely
|
| there are times it's great. there are times it's awful. and
| there are times i'm prepared to starve rather than continue
| working for ____
|
| no one in my extended family went into this industry and
| none of them deals with the endless stress that i do
|
| i envy those who can't relate
| bryanrasmussen wrote:
| I've worked in physically demanding environments like cook
| and construction - there were lots of injuries in the
| construction job, and a few people died, of course this was
| when I was young and extremely physically fit, but it was
| not as stressful as programming can be. More stressful than
| programming generally is, but not anywhere near as
| stressful as it can be.
|
| The difference between relatively difficult programming and
| a lot of jobs is that a lot of jobs have a pretty steady
| level of stress, whereas the programming stress level can
| vary incredibly.
| rcleveng wrote:
| He was a great actor and seemed like such a great human as well.
|
| Never realized until today, reading his bio that he is a former
| marine.
|
| Semper Fi. Rest in peace Marine!
| cf100clunk wrote:
| That background may have informed Hackman's portrayal of a
| military character in ''Bat*21'', a suspenseful film set during
| the Vietnam War based on the real escape of USAF Lt. Col. Iceal
| "Ham" Hambleton after being shot down.
| skyyler wrote:
| I just looked into it and wow, that movie depicts him killing
| a farmer after failing to steal supplies from his family.
|
| Kind of surprising. Might have to check that out.
| MollyRealized wrote:
| And of course "Crimson Tide." Good God, was he good in that
| one.
| iszomer wrote:
| Oi, his role as a USNavy admiral in the film Behind Enemy Lines
| now makes sense.
| dbacar wrote:
| It is strange that I thought he was dead long ago and was
| surprised to know that he was still alive. Sorry to know that now
| he passed away for real. Great actor. My favorite Lex Luthor.
| throwaway5752 wrote:
| ** IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR IT CAN SAVE YOUR
| LIFE **
|
| Apologies for impolite formating.
|
| https://www.target.com/p/first-alert-2pk-co400cn2-battery-po...
|
| This is a 2 pack. There are better ones, too. If you don't have
| one already, don't wait another day. Hundreds of people die
| preventable deaths each year in the US because of this.
| bbx wrote:
| Sometimes I randomly think of a famous person and ask myself "Are
| they still alive?". I remember doing it for Burt Bacharach and
| Dick Van Dyke (who's still alive!). This happened last month with
| Gene Hackman. I had just rewatched "The Conversation" and "The
| Firm" (so maybe not so random). So I googled him, and apparently
| he'd basically quit acting 20 years ago.
|
| It was weird to see recent pictures of him. I guess our memory of
| a retired actor is often skewed since we constantly see them at a
| younger age in their movies, but rarely (or never) in a recent
| context. And considering his impact in cinema history, it didn't
| feel like he'd left the industry at all.
|
| I hope he went away without pain. R.I.P.
| bsimpson wrote:
| I had a weird dream in the wee hours of the morning that all
| the headlines read "Jack Nicholson dead at 95, days after SNL
| appearance."
|
| I checked my phone out of curiosity, and Gene Hackman was at
| the top of Google News.
| monero-xmr wrote:
| Dick Van Dyke just did a music video with Coldplay where he
| danced, pretty wild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSeaHfkd3M8
| voisin wrote:
| His role as Royal Tenenbaum is among my favourite characters in
| all of film. RIP
| sandebert wrote:
| There's more information here:
| https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/gene-hackman-ca...
| laidoffamazon wrote:
| Gene Hackman is one of my favorite actors of all time. There's
| very few that can match his gravitas - as the young people say,
| his "aura".
|
| One of the few that can is Denzel, of course...
| gamblor956 wrote:
| As of this morning, the death is now considered "suspicious." Per
| local fire and police departments, there was no sign of a gas
| leak and only 1 of their 3 dogs died. The front door was found
| ajar, but there were no signs of forced entry.
|
| https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gene-hackman-wife-found...
| datascientist wrote:
| Mississippi Burning is one my favorite films
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Burning
| fungiblecog wrote:
| Note to the Times writer if the obituary. you can't accidentally
| murder someone
| baerrie wrote:
| Why do stories like this stay at the top of HN but anything
| "political" gets banned immediately?
| jessriedel wrote:
| Because the comments aren't as toxic
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