So long, Mr. Hackman. You will forever be missed. I feel very grateful for being able to finish watching this masterpiece The Conversation, and The French Connection, and Unforgiven, and others.
I know that you had been grumpy about life for quite a while now, but did not think that you (or your wife? - it is still too soon to know, or we might even never know) would choose such a brutal end for you, your wife, and your dog. Still, I hope you would enjoy your afterlife alongside your dearest. I am afraid now that the end of my forever favourite Jack Nicholson would be soon as well. What can we do but cherish the last moments of these greats and more importantly enjoy their films until our own ends.
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