The autopsies of Gene Hackman and his wife were known: how did they die?

He Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, the pianist Betsy Arakawathey were found dead on February 26 at home. From that moment, the circumstances of death became a mystery, until this Friday The authorities revealed the cause of both of the perishable.

At a press conference that was attended by the Sheriff of the County of Santa Fe, Adan Mendoza; The Head of Medical Research of New Mexico, the Dr. Heather Jarrell; and the state public health veterinarian, the Dr. Erin Phippsit was determined that Hackman died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart diseasewith the Alzheimer’s disease as a significant factor.

For his part, Arakawa died from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndromewhich is transmitted by infected rodent droppings. As they detailed, this dangerous disease is very rare, where 136 infections in the state during the last 50 years, 42% were fatal. They also ruled out other types of infections such as COVID-19 and the presence of carbon monoxide.

In addition, they revealed that The pianist died on February 11, approximately one week before her husband’s death occurred.

Under this framework, at the conference they detailed that the surveillance cameras showed that Arakawa visited the Sprouts supermarket and a CVS pharmacy on February. He also communicated by email with a masseuse that day. Also, his car entered the closed fractionation where the couple lived around 5:15 pm did not find activity or communications after that date.

To Hackman, who suffered advanced Alzheimer’s, in addition to severe heart disease and history of heart attacks, A Hantavirus test was performed that gave negative result. Hackman’s pacemaker registered cardiac activity on February 17. On February 18, it detected an abnormal rhythm, which was the last record, which suggests that he died that day.

The couple had three dogs, of which one was found lifeless in the bathroom. While they still did not determine the cause of death of the animal, PHIPPS indicated that it is “likely” that he has died of starvation, while confirming that Dogs cannot contract Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Who was Gene Hackman, the legendary actor who was Superman’s villain and starred in “Contact in France”

Hackman came to fame with his role as detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in “Contact in France “(1971), for which he won his first Oscar for Best Actor. The film, directed by William Friedkinis remembered for its iconic persecution by car through the streets of New York.

Two decades later, he won a second prize from the Academy as best cast actor For his interpretation of the ruthless Sheriff “Little Bill” Daggett in Unforgiven (1992)tape directed by Clint Eastwood.

With about 50 years of career, Hackman participated in more than 80 films and received four additional nominations for the Oscar. Among his most memorable roles are the surveillance expert Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974), the former sheriff in Mississippi Burning (1988) and the eccentric Patriarchy Royal Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe.

Who was Betsy Arakawa, actor’s wife Gene Hackman

There are few details of Hackman’s second wife, with whom he married in 1991 in a discreet ceremony. Of Hawaian origin, Arakawa was a classic pianist by profession. The interpreter met her in the mid -eighties when she worked part -time in a California gym frequented by the actor. He was 32 years old, 63 at the time of his death. They had no children between them.