Oscar -winning actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a week after his wife died of the disease caused by Hantavirus. Hackman He probably didn’t know his wife was dead because he was at an advanced stage of Alzheimer’s disease, which significantly contributed to his death. This is reported by TASR, according to the AP report.
The chief judge Dr. Heather Jarrell said the results of the autopsy that both deaths were caused by natural death. “Mr. Hackman showed signs of the advanced stage of Alzheimer’s disease. He was in a very poor health. He had a serious heart disease and I think it eventually led to his death,” She informed Jarrell at a press conference together with representatives of firefighters and health professionals.
After the discovery of the bodies of the 95-year-old Hackman and 65-year-old Arakaw Arakaw 26 February in their house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the authorities had no suspicion of a crime And a week ago, they also excluded the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning. Hantaviruses spread rodents mainly through droppings, urine and saliva and can cause serious illness and death. According to Jarrell he was Hackman’s test for Hantavirus negative.
The chief judge further informed that “there is no reliable scientific method to accurately determine the time or date of death”, but she is according to her The likely that Hackman died around 18 February – the day after his pacemaker last recorded an “event”. The district sheriff Santa Fe Adan Mendoza, who is conducting an investigation into the death of a prominent couple, introduced the time overview of Arakaw’s movement before death and Jarrell noted that Arakawa was last seen as live on February 11.
Hackman found the dead on February 26 in the hallway, while his 65-year-old wife Betsy Arakaw found in the bathroom next to the heater. On the counter at Arakawová there was an open container for medicines and spilled tablets. Jarel reported on Friday that these were thyroid drugs that Arakaw was taking according to the instructions and excluded that they would contribute to her death.
The bodies were found by the maintenance man who came to perform routine maintenance. According to him, when his arrival, the entrance door to the house was open. He and one of the other employees made it clear that the homeowners were rarely seen.
Hackman was a successful actor and the first Oscar won for the lead role in the French Criminal Criminal Criminal (1971). He was given another Oscar for the best male -role acting performance in Western’s irreconcilable (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood. He was also known for the role of Lex Luthor in the films about Superman from the turn of the 70s and 80s. His wife Betsy Arakaw was a classic pianist.
