Hackman was found dead with Betsy Arakawa And one of his dogs at his home in New Mexico on February 26, after neighborhood security personnel made a well -being verification. Arakawa was 65 years old, while Hackman was 95.
Although initially it was not suspected of anything illicit, Their deaths were “in nature suspicious enough to require an exhaustive search and research”according to an affidavit of the registration order.
It had been speculated that the couple had died due to carbon monoxide poisoning due to a gas leak, but the authorities hastened to rule out that as a possible cause, and the Sheriff’s office of the Santa Fe County issued an update based on the “extensive investigation of the New Mexico Gas Company on gas leaks and carbon monoxide in the house of Gene Hackman”, carried out on the night of February 26.
On March 8, the researchers confirmed the cause of the death of Hackman and Arakawa, concluding that Both died from natural causes, but with a week apart. It is said that Arakawa died because of the pulmonary syndrome by Hantavirus (SPH), a serious respiratory disease caused by exposure to infected rodents. Hackman pacemaker data suggests that he died on February 18, a week after the proposed date for the death of Arakawa.
The bodies of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were not yet claimed
According to the TMZ portal, the bodies of Hackman and Arakawa They have not yet been claimed by their relativesdespite having been discovered a month ago. TMZ informs that they contacted the New Mexico Medical Researchers Office to confirm that their names were still in a list of deaths not claimed to March 27.
It is currently unknown why their bodies have not yet been collected, although TMZ believes that his family is still finalizing the funeral preparations. Hackman had three children – Christopher, Elizabeth Jean and Leslie Anne – with their late ex -wife, Faye Maltesewho died in 2017.
However, Hackman excluded his children from his will And, instead, he appointed Arakawa as the only beneficiary of his fortune after his death. After the news of his death, the children and the granddaughter of Hackman issued a joint statement: “Millions of people around the world loved him and admired for his brilliant career as an actor, but for us, he was always just dad and grandfather. We will miss it very much and we are devastated by its loss“
Hackman, one of the great acting talents of a generation, with a career that covered more than six decades, has spent approximately two decades retired. In 2008, he officially announced his retirement from the performance.
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