R.I.P.

[theGinsue]

Brownells sadly announces the death of long-time family patriarch Frank Brownell, who successively held the positions of President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at Brownells.

For nearly six decades, Frank?s passion, vision, and generosity shaped not only Brownells, but the entire firearms community. Friends and customers alike remember him greeting ?long lines of friends? at SHOT Show and the NRA Annual Meetings, championing gunsmithing, and driving industry innovation.

From marketing the now-iconic Latigo Sling at the 1964 NRA convention to elevating gunsmithing as a respected profession, his influence can be seen in countless shops, ranges, and workbenches across America.

An industry innovator, he helped establish Brownells as a nationwide legacy retailer in the gunsmithing, gun parts, and firearms space. He helped advance the best model for working with and developing endemic industry media. He advocated for elevating gunsmithing to a respected profession and created new ways to support and develop the growth of gunsmithing, gun ownership, and gun culture.

Friends, colleagues, and customers are encouraged to honor Frank by sharing memories, supporting aspiring gunsmiths, or simply spending time at the bench, just as he loved to do.


https://www.theoutdoorwire.com/featu...0-acce596ae30d

[eddiememphis]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...er-dies-age-90
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bob-u...caster-dead-90

Bob Uecker, legendary baseball broadcaster, dead at 90

"I must be in the front row"

[eddiememphis]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-santa-fe-home
https://apnews.com/article/gene-hack...7b35c1b956a5c8

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday afternoon.

[.455_Hunter]

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-santa-fe-home
https://apnews.com/article/gene-hack...7b35c1b956a5c8

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday afternoon.

Malfunctioning furnace? Double suicide? Murder suicide? I don't know how big of a tent is "not foul play".

[kidicarus13]

Malfunctioning furnace?

From the Daily Beast... "Gene Hackman's daughter believes that carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for the?deaths?of the Oscar-winning actor, his wife, and their dog, according to a report."

[kidicarus13]

From the Daily Beast... "Gene Hackman's daughter believes that carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for the?deaths?of the Oscar-winning actor, his wife, and their dog, according to a report."

Not CO...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/authoritie...y?id=119283154

[eddiememphis]

Maybe Alec Baldwin was down in Santa Fe for a visit?

EDIT-
https://apnews.com/article/gene-hack...7b35c1b956a5c8
Hackman, 95, was found dead Wednesday in a mudroom and his 63-year-old wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found dead in a bathroom next to a space heater, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office detectives wrote in a search warrant. There was an open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop near Arakawa.

[O2HeN2]

CO (not to be confused with Colorado) was the absolutely first thing that jumped to mind when I read about all three of them being dead and no foul play suspected.

O2

[eddiememphis]

https://nypost.com/2025/02/27/entert...n-pills-found/

Deputies noted that it appeared Arakawa had “obvious signs of death, body decomposition, bloating in her face and mummification in both hands and feet” when she was found on the floor of a bathroom near the home’s entry, according to the report.

Looks like they had been dead a couple of weeks before being discovered.

[flogger]

Big fan of Gene Hackman. My favorite line from The Unforgiven, "The Duck of Death".