A man with 80 milion, can afford a trust.
Gene Hackman And Wife Found Dead
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A man with 80 milion, can afford a trust.
Better, I bet they have a Trust. Keeps things private.
Yep! And less costly and more efficient for the beneficiaries.
Lots of great characters - probably my favorite movie of his.
I’ve got two dogs in bed with me staring at me right now!
Don't forget his fabulous cameo in Young Frankenstein!
Now the newscasters are saying a month before forensics will be complete. Is the City Different working with early 20th C. tools?
Now the newscasters are saying a month before forensics will be complete. Is the City Different working with early 20th C. tools?
Are they licking you…a lot?
And after either 14 million or 28 million if they planned it right, here comes Uncle Sam for his cut of Gene’s 80 million !
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As of January 1, 2025, the federal gift and estate tax exemption amount, as well as the exemption from generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, (collectively, the “federal exemption amounts”) have increased from $13,610,000 to $13,990,000, an increase of $380,000 per person.
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And what does the dad blasted gubbermint take?
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Also known as the "death tax," the federal estate tax is levied on a dead person's inherited assets. The estate tax ranges from rates of 18% to 40% and generally only applies to assets over $13.61 million in 2024. This amount rises to $13.99 million in 2025. Thirteen states levy an estate tax.
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New Mexico does not have an estate tax.
But after the full autopsy results are known, Gene’s death date will be February 17, 2025 for estate tax purposes.
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At a press conference at the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon, Sheriff Adan Mendoza announced that an investigation by Dr Heather Jarrell, New Mexico's Chief Medical Investigator, had revealed that Hackman’s pacemaker had stopped 10 days before his body was found.
" An initial interrogation was conducted of Mr Hackman's pacemaker. This revealed that his last event was recorded on February 17, 2025, I was advised that a more thorough investigation will be completed,” said Mendoza.
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Now folks, please understand, that our federal government is just and fair in these times of sore bereavement.
Funeral expenses, the cost of a tombstone, and the richly deserved fees paid to the kindly lawyer, are all deductabe, as well.
So there’s no need, for a hundred dollar funeral.
Sing one, Pretty Miss Norma Jean!
Now, most folks are kind of like me in one regard.
Formerly reserved for captains of industry and lawyers in thousand dollar suits, today the smart phone is carried by everybody and maybe they have one on the puppies too.
Where, were the smartphones?
And what’s the pass key?
The kindly lawyers are already at the mansion high on a hilltop.
Changing locks.
Feeding puppies.
Earning our keep.
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As of January 1, 2025, the federal gift and estate tax exemption amount, as well as the exemption from generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax, (collectively, the “federal exemption amounts”) have increased from $13,610,000 to $13,990,000, an increase of $380,000 per person.
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And what does the dad blasted gubbermint take?
Xxxxx
Also known as the "death tax," the federal estate tax is levied on a dead person's inherited assets. The estate tax ranges from rates of 18% to 40% and generally only applies to assets over $13.61 million in 2024. This amount rises to $13.99 million in 2025. Thirteen states levy an estate tax.
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New Mexico does not have an estate tax.
But after the full autopsy results are known, Gene’s death date will be February 17, 2025 for estate tax purposes.
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At a press conference at the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon, Sheriff Adan Mendoza announced that an investigation by Dr Heather Jarrell, New Mexico's Chief Medical Investigator, had revealed that Hackman’s pacemaker had stopped 10 days before his body was found.
" An initial interrogation was conducted of Mr Hackman's pacemaker. This revealed that his last event was recorded on February 17, 2025, I was advised that a more thorough investigation will be completed,” said Mendoza.
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Now folks, please understand, that our federal government is just and fair in these times of sore bereavement.
Funeral expenses, the cost of a tombstone, and the richly deserved fees paid to the kindly lawyer, are all deductabe, as well.
So there’s no need, for a hundred dollar funeral.
Sing one, Pretty Miss Norma Jean!
Now, most folks are kind of like me in one regard.
Formerly reserved for captains of industry and lawyers in thousand dollar suits, today the smart phone is carried by everybody and maybe they have one on the puppies too.
Where, were the smartphones?
And what’s the pass key?
The kindly lawyers are already at the mansion high on a hilltop.
Changing locks.
Feeding puppies.
Earning our keep.
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War story time.
A dead body not previously attended to by a real doctor before death must be examined by the county coroner. All this goes back centuries to Olde England.
And so it came to pass once upon a time a pasture renter checked on a little old lady, and found she had passed in her sleep.
And he called the sheriff who called the coroner who called the public administrator who called me and I said who are the next of kin, and she said the nieces and nephews live far across the ocean.
So I called them, long distance, very long distance.
And they said to do as I thought best.
So I called the renter, and asked if he’d like to meet me to change locks and he said—-
Hell no. There’s a Rottweiler out there, he’s mean as hell, bites the tires on my truck. He lives in the garage.
I moved heaven and earth to save the dog.
Then I scoured hell for somebody willing to shoot the dog.
So eventually I hired a paid assassin who is still a good friend of mine from Humansville and stationed him outside with a Browning Auto Five loaded with #1 buck.
And I said whatever you do when I flush him from the garage don’t shoot me.
We even gave the Rottweiler a decent Christian burial.
And I had a court order approving the entire sordid business.
A dead body not previously attended to by a real doctor before death must be examined by the county coroner. All this goes back centuries to Olde England.
And so it came to pass once upon a time a pasture renter checked on a little old lady, and found she had passed in her sleep.
And he called the sheriff who called the coroner who called the public administrator who called me and I said who are the next of kin, and she said the nieces and nephews live far across the ocean.
So I called them, long distance, very long distance.
And they said to do as I thought best.
So I called the renter, and asked if he’d like to meet me to change locks and he said—-
Hell no. There’s a Rottweiler out there, he’s mean as hell, bites the tires on my truck. He lives in the garage.
I moved heaven and earth to save the dog.
Then I scoured hell for somebody willing to shoot the dog.
So eventually I hired a paid assassin who is still a good friend of mine from Humansville and stationed him outside with a Browning Auto Five loaded with #1 buck.
And I said whatever you do when I flush him from the garage don’t shoot me.
We even gave the Rottweiler a decent Christian burial.
And I had a court order approving the entire sordid business.
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War story time.
A dead body not previously attended to by a real doctor before death must be examined by the county coroner. All this goes back centuries to Olde England.
And so it came to pass once upon a time a pasture renter checked on a little old lady, and found she had passed in her sleep.
And he called the sheriff who called the coroner who called the public administrator who called me and I said who are the next of kin, and she said the nieces and nephews live far across the ocean.
So I called them, long distance, very long distance.
And they said to do as I thought best.
So I called the renter, and asked if he’d like to meet me to change locks and he said—-
Hell no. There’s a Rottweiler out there, he’s mean as hell, bites the tires on my truck. He lives in the garage.
I moved heaven and earth to save the dog.
Then I scoured hell for somebody willing to shoot the dog.
So eventually I hired a paid assassin who is still a good friend of mine from Humansville and stationed him outside with a Browning Auto Five loaded with #1 buck.
And I said whatever you do when I flush him from the garage don’t shoot me.
We even gave the Rottweiler a decent Christian burial.
And I had a court order approving the entire sordid business.
Did the dog have a revocable trust?
Personally, I think they take the mean from 10 maladjusted dachshunds and squeeze into one Chihuahua. There is not dog I hate and afraid of more than a chihuahua.
FYI, a month for lab test results from an autopsy is pretty standard. (My ex's father was once a coroner.) If we want faster turn-around of tests, we'll have to pay for much larger labs. The public has never had the stomach for that.
Unless there is a pressing public safety issue (e.g., the possibility that the death was due to a highly contagious disease), tests are generally handled in the order they arrive. Most U.S. labs have about a month's backlog to work through.
We always want to know right away why the rich and famous die, but our interest doesn't make this a public safety issue. So it will take about a month to get the results, as it has for just about every celebrity death over the last 50+ years.
Unfortunately for the poor dog, his owner only had a will, with no providing for his care and upkeep.Did the dog have a revocable trust?
With a modern revocable living trust the heirs across the briny foam would have received the proceeds from the auction I arranged of the 240 acre farm and contents of the house and garage, minus the Rottweiler, of course, without probate.
And instead of filling my obligation to the estate, I could have offered a nice trust fund reserved for Killer to somebody who liked big mean dogs.
If you want to flush dogs from an added garage, stick a .22 revolver through an inside window.
Rottweilers will usually run from a little gun.
But keep a .357 as backup.
Latest news I've seen.
At a press conference at the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon, Sheriff Adan Mendoza announced that an investigation by Dr Heather Jarrell, New Mexico's Chief Medical Investigator, had revealed that Hackman’s pacemaker had stopped 10 days before his body was found.
At a press conference at the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon, Sheriff Adan Mendoza announced that an investigation by Dr Heather Jarrell, New Mexico's Chief Medical Investigator, had revealed that Hackman’s pacemaker had stopped 10 days before his body was found.
Talk about all work and absolutely no glory, the county coroner and forensics lab technicians are the living definition of public servant.
Everybody else gets to wear a costume.
The lawyers wear thousand dollar suits, the undertaker has a five hundred dollar black suit, the sheriff has a badge and hat, and even the public administrator is all dressed up like she’s fresh the first morning opening up her schoolroom.
Who knows or cares what the coroner wears.
And the lab techs are off somewhere you can’t even see them.
But with 80 million on the line the kindly lawyers are hiring their own expert witnesses.
The kindly lawyers in the In Re Hackman Estate, don’t have any war stories to tell about dead dogs and Humansville.
They are wearing ten thousand dollar suits, and getting their hair done.
Funny they’ve not checked smartphone data, yet.
The dogs of rich men have trackers, too.
Trial of Alex Murdaugh - Wikipedia
There are a number of other ways that the very rich can avoid taxes on their wealth after they fall off the perch, like setting up a charitable foundation or trust, which employs all of the family members, borrowing against their holdings that allows them to avoid paying taxes on it, and a number of other tax dodges. But you need to have enough wealth to qualify for the tax pass. Mere millionaires can forget about it.
Mine is a Chigi, half Chihuahua and half Corgi, and she is about the sweetest little dog one could hope to meet, once she gets to know you. The Corgi part seems to get rid of the worst of Chihuahua temperamental issues, but it does make her a bit headstrong, and she'll keep trying to herd me on walks.
As of other aspects of the investigation, we'll find out when we find out. It's an ongoing investigation into the death of a world famous figure and prominent Santa Féan. The investigators are not going to release information until they are ready, and speculation about what they have or haven't done is only speculation.
A month seems like a very long time for any autopsy!
But that may be because my lady and I have watched ca 50 episodes of Silent Witness, a Brit mystery show (5/5)