Anyone already talk about this??

[Eastmandawg]

Hackman’s wife dies of a rare hantavirus a week before Hackman. Hackman of heart failure/alzheimer’s and the dog of starvation.

Crazy:

Gene Hackman died a week after the rare hantavirus killed his wife, officials say

Betsy Arakawa, 65, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and the Oscar-winning actor, who was in poor health with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, died seven days later, officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[The Original SLC Dawg]

Hackman’s wife dies of a rare hantavirus a week before Hackman. Hackman of heart failure/alzheimer’s and the dog of starvation.

Crazy:

Gene Hackman died a week after the rare hantavirus killed his wife, officials say

Betsy Arakawa, 65, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and the Oscar-winning actor, who was in poor health with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, died seven days later, officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

I thought as much from the beginning. I mean the wife dying first (not of hantavirus though) leaving a bedridden Hackman helpless

 

[LrgK9]

Hantavirus is bad stuff

 

[litedawg1968]

Hantavirus is bad stuff

I’d never heard of it. How do humans get this from rats.?

 

[MarcusBarcus]

I’d never heard of it. How do humans get this from rats.?

They get it from breathing in dried out, then aerosolized, rat poop.

 

[LrgK9]

The virus lives inside the rodents (mice or rats).

About Hantavirus

An overview of hantavirus, how it's spread and how it can be treated.

www.cdc.gov

 

[The Original SLC Dawg]

The virus lives inside the rodents (mice or rats).

More of a concern, and rightly so, in the Southwest where it is very dry.

 

[The Original SLC Dawg]

The short lesson is, take care of your legs. Don’t let them atrophy. Lift weights or walk around the block, or both. I’ve seen the future from family that have lived into their 90s, . . .

 

[bayrooster]

The short lesson is, take care of your legs. Don’t let them atrophy. Lift weights or walk around the block, or both. I’ve seen the future from family that have lived into their 90s, . . .

And while you're out walking, walk the dog.

 

[The Original SLC Dawg]

And while you're out walking, walk the dog.

Pug, I believe this is your spot for another Aerosmith song.

 

[litedawg1968]

They get it from breathing in dried out, then aerosolized, rat poop.

Ugh.

 

[LrgK9]

Hackman was an exmarine & bicycling enthusiast. His wife was heavy into yoga.
Both were physically fit for their age.

However, the Alzheimer’s is what got Hackman and he was likely too confused to take his cognitive meds or dial the phone.