Re: Gene Hackman Death

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
@beach-mom wrote:
I looked but didn't see anything, so I apologize if someone else posted.

Their pup was in a crate because she had had a medical procedure that required isolation for a while, and Betsy had just picked her up at the veterinary hospital.

The necropsy results came back. She died from malnutrition and dehydration.

After Betsy's death Gene probably didn't realize what was happening. He may not have realized that was their dog. He couldn't have opened the door to release her.

The whole situation is so sad.

Betsy died from malnutrition/dehydration? I thought it was hantavirus that killed her.

@SilleeMee - I was talking about their pup. A necropsy is an autopsy on animals. Sorry I wasn't clearer about it!

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Things happen in folks' lives that many here cannot imagine. Not everything is the rosy picture of family some have. Some have a lot of hurt and betrayal and it goes deep.

Maybe the kids have long pretty helpless where their father was concerned. And that would be a bad place to be. I can't stress enough that parents don't always do what they need to do, what the kids would like for them to do, and sometimes in later years turn on the kids. Breaks my heart to see that.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

From what I read in People magazine:

When writing their wills Betsy and Gene left everything to each other.

Gene appointed a local lawyer as first successor of his estate in the event of Betsy's death. That lawyer passed away, and he appointed another lawyer as second successor. This lawyer is handling his estate.

What complicates things is Betsy died first, so her estate would go to Gene. While she wanted her estate to go to a charitable trust that would benefit the community, and she could have left a list for distribution of her personal property to certain individuals, that might now not happen.

There are a lot of trusts mentioned, but his 3 children are mentioned as his heirs. I'm sure they will be well taken care of.

Someone here with more legal knowledge can probably explain things better to us.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@beach-mom wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
@beach-mom wrote:
I looked but didn't see anything, so I apologize if someone else posted.

Their pup was in a crate because she had had a medical procedure that required isolation for a while, and Betsy had just picked her up at the veterinary hospital.

The necropsy results came back. She died from malnutrition and dehydration.

After Betsy's death Gene probably didn't realize what was happening. He may not have realized that was their dog. He couldn't have opened the door to release her.

The whole situation is so sad.

Betsy died from malnutrition/dehydration? I thought it was hantavirus that killed her.
@SilleeMee - I was talking about their pup. A necropsy is an autopsy on animals. Sorry I wasn't clearer about it!

@beach-mom

Oh, got it. Very sad.

Moonlady · ‎03-10-2010

Like everyone, I thought this was so sad in so many ways. Beyond the immediate issue of family dynamics, the couple's last days, a frail, elderly man with Alzheimer's alone in a house, the dogs...I can't help but think of the isolation so many people, and not just the once-famous, feel even when in good health.

It has to be the pits when you suddenly have nowhere to go, nowhere to be at a certain time, and you realize that those you once thought of as your "work family," really aren't that at all.

There was a time when Gene Hackman was in his prime, in demand, and on the minds of those in his circle. Then, it seems, he was forgotten as his contemporaries died or he became just another one of yesterday's stars. (I won't use that terrible expression.)

It's very sad, especially when people, for whatever reason, aren't capable of remaining active, enjoying a hobby, learning something new, or maintaining contacts. These are all suggestions we hear, but sometimes it seems that those offering advice are reading from a script because those things don't always work for everyone.

What worries you masters you.

Luvitorleaveit1 · ‎03-09-2010

TMZ reported that Gene Hackman left everything to his wife and nothing to the kids. I can see how messy and drawn out this can get since the wife died first.

Linmo · ‎12-16-2013

I've read conflicting things about the will. But if Gene left everything to his wife and she pre-deceased him, his children as his sole heirs should be able inherit the estate. I also read that his wife left everything to him, but if he died within 90 days of her, that her estate would go to charity.

Even if none of that is true, it's entirely possible that he set up trusts for his children earlier in their lives, especially since he re-married.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Linmo wrote:
I've read conflicting things about the will. But if Gene left everything to his wife and she pre-deceased him, his children as his sole heirs should be able inherit the estate. I also read that his wife left everything to him, but if he died within 90 days of her, that her estate would go to charity.
Even if none of that is true, it's entirely possible that he set up trusts for his children earlier in their lives, especially since he re-married.

@Linmo

This is a fairly common thing.

The kids have nice trusts established and the parents' wills might totally exclude them. No one is surprised.