I'm going to guess that carbon monoxide poisoning will end up being the cause.
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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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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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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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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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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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Unfortunately, not two:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Orci
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/27/gene-hackman-cause-of-death-investigation
Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths ‘suspicious enough’ for investigation, warrant says
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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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