--- description: Robbers entered the home of an elderly Brooklyn couple and hogtied them. The husband was later pronounced dead. title: 91-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Hogtied. His 100-Year-Old Wife Survived image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98ce3f922b34a1ce/6988e1a04ee26227d030f5f7/waldiman-thompson-home.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 91-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Hogtied. His 100-Year-Old Wife Survived by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 12, 2017 12:29 PM CUT  Courtesy of New York Daily News by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 12, 2017 12:29 PM CUT Robbers entered the home of an elderly [Brooklyn](http://www.thedrive.com/video/7331/bicycle-commuting-in-brooklyn-is-not-smart "undefined") couple and hogtied them Wednesday. The husband was unresponsive after being tied up, and was later pronounced dead. The cause of death of 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson remains unknown, [ABC reported.](http://abcnews.go.com/US/91-year-brooklyn-man-dies-100-year-wife/story?id=50429574 "undefined") However, investigators think he may have died of shock because no other injuries were found on him. The robbers threw a blanket over Thompson and his wife Ethline Thompson, 100, before taking items form the home, according to ABC. Ethline Thompson was able to untie herself herself and left to contact authorities. When police arrived at the house, Waldiman Thompson was found unresponsive. Ethline Thompson was taken to the hospital for minor rope burns. “I [thought it was a gunshot](http://time.com/4969453/las-vegas-shooting-sound-gunshots-rifle-fire/ "undefined") initially. But it wasn’t a gunshot. From in the neighborhood, they are just saying basically, that they were robbed and the gentleman had a [heart attack](http://time.com/4916414/drug-inflammation-heart-attack-cancer/ "undefined"),” a neighbor told ABC after noting he thought he heard a “loud boom.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4979330/elderly-couple-hogtied-brooklyn-home-husband-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4979330/elderly-couple-hogtied-brooklyn-home-husband-dies/"},"headline":"91-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Hogtied. His 100-Year-Old Wife Survived","datePublished":"2017-10-12T12:29:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:50:05.887Z","description":"Investigators think the husband may have died of shock","url":"https://time.com/4979330/elderly-couple-hogtied-brooklyn-home-husband-dies/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98ce3f922b34a1ce/6988e1a04ee26227d030f5f7/waldiman-thompson-home.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98ce3f922b34a1ce/6988e1a04ee26227d030f5f7/waldiman-thompson-home.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Waldiman Thompson Home","caption":"","creditText":"Courtesy of New York Daily News","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4979330/elderly-couple-hogtied-brooklyn-home-husband-dies/","name":"91-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Hogtied. His 100-Year-Old Wife Survived"}}]}] ```