Two Celebrities Have Died.

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Gene Hackman, his wife, and his dog have been found dead at their house : https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-dead-santa-fe-b2705671.html and Michelle Trachtenberg (best know as Dawn of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) has passed at 39. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/26/michelle-trachtenberg-dead

Rest In Peace

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PROgamerRUS

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CBlade

How did they find Gene Hackman, his wife, and his dog passed away at his house and then state "No foul play is suspected".
SOMETHING definitely happened, you can't tell me that all three of them died of old age at the same time.

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Chris76de

Maybe it was suicide? This wouldn't be "foul play".

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Chris76de

Notthe dog. But it wasn't foul play like if someone murdered Gene and his wife.

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shadowshiv

I'm going to guess that carbon monoxide poisoning will end up being the cause.

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Chris76de

Also a possibility. And also without foul play.

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Peiperissimus

That's my first guess aswel.

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VahidSlayerOfAll

^^^

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Lugum

Or gas.

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PapaSmok

Are you sure? Every winter there are news of people dying of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in their sleep

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Fluffster

I'm not sure of anything. When authorities will make their final report, I'm sure it'll be all over the news, unfortunately.
It's sad way to go at any age anyway regardless of the specifics.

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Formidolosus

No foul play is suspected is police/journalist speak for: they don't think somebody from the outside caused it. eg: Somebody broke in and did it. So it was self-inflicted or an accident. Most probably a gas leak in this case if the dog also passed away. Very sad!

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VahidSlayerOfAll

Carbon Monoxide poisoning likely. scary shit....

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DirigibleDan

Reminiscent of when Weird Al's parents both died in their sleep. Terrifying.

If you're able to, buy and install CO monitors, people. Remember: they and smoke detectors go bad after 5-10 years, due to the half life of the radionuclide used in detection. Pay attention to the discard date on them!

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ngoclong19

they and smoke detectors go bad after 5-10 years, due to the half life of the radionuclide used in detection.

I think that is due to aging electronics. The americium 241, often used in ionization smoke detectors, has a half-life of above 400 years. There's also a type of optical smoke detector that uses a light sensor.

Video on topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuAeaIcAXtg

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DirigibleDan

Whoa, nuts. I knew it was americium (didn't bother to look up the isotope or its half life), but just recalled hearing ages ago that it was due to decay. It's been a LONG time since nuclear and radiochemistry in college, but I always assumed I learned it in there. Apparently not. Thanks for the info!

Also, I remember watching that video when it was new. Used it as info for replacing our smoke detectors, which were giving panic alarms fairly often. (They were a few years past their date, and they were on the fritz.)

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UN0W3N

Also Michelle's ultimately useless liver transplant at 39 is heartbreaking. Just five years my senior. And I doubt she was a heavy drinker, so her liver failure could be attributed to hepatitis and not cirrhosis. Gone too soon.

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PossiblePsycho

Well, he was a great actor, loved him - but at least he managed to live a long, long life. Don't know who this Michelle Trachtenberg was (looking at her filmography, apparently I've seen in Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, but for some reason I don't remember her - maybe she stayed in the shadow of those two awesome boys in the main roles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet), but damn, she was young - not to mention that we were the same age, and this stuff always hurts.

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