
A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico home
Associated PressSANTA FE, N.M. — Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, authorities revealed Friday. Then authorities in New Mexico released the causes, proposing a simple but tragic theory for the deaths: Shortly after Arakawa’s death from a rare infection, Hackman died of the nation’s leading killer — heart disease — apparently unable to seek help after his wife died. Feb. 28 Preliminary autopsy results didn’t reveal causes of death but showed Hackman and Arakawa were not killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, the sheriff said. Authorities linked Betsy Arakawa’s death to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by infected rodent droppings.
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A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico home
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