[Old School Hound]

After reading the autopsy and investigation reports, I almost wish it had been murder!

Apparently Mrs. Hackman died a week before Mr. Hackman, of hantavirus.  Mr. Hackman was so advanced in Alzheimer's that he didn't know how to feed himself.  There was no evidence of food in his alimentary canal.  Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance probably caused his heart attack.  Same with the dog.  It bothers me very much to think he starved to death because of his mental state.  All his fame and money and he didn't know how to eat by himself.  So incredibly sad!!!!

I was getting ready to post pretty much what you said Granny. A sad situation just got even more incredibly sad. His wife died around the 11th and Gene expired on the 18th. His wife died from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome and Gene and the dog  essentially died from starvation and dehydration. Gene's dementia was so progressed that he wasn't able to feed himself(or the poor dog), and this likely brought on heart failure. This is an INCREDIBLY sad story. To think that this poor man wandered aimlessly around that house for a week unable to feed himself. And that poor dog, too. Makes me tear up just thinking about it.