Gene Hackman Died From Alzheimer’s & Severe Heart Disease After His Wife Died Several Days Before

Deadline ^ | March 7, 2025 | Dominic Patten

[sphinx]

A February 27 autopsy of Gene Hackman reveals the 95-year-old Oscar winner died of a combination of “advanced Alzheimer’s disease” and severe heart disease, the Santa Fe Medical Examiner announced today.

“It is reasonable to conclude that Mr. Hackman died on February 17,” Dr. Heather Jarrell said in a press conference with Santa Fe Sherif Adan Mendoza and other county officials. “He was in very poor health,” Dr. Jarrell also noted of Hackman, adding that there was evidence that he hadn’t eaten for a number of days. Ms. Arakawa is assumed to have died on or around February 11, officials estimated.

[SteveH]

I’ve seen 3 weeks without water

[CedarDave]

New Mexico is the epicenter for Hantavirus in the United States. Too bad they didn't have a cat.

The story of the hantavirus and why the New Mexico OMI was able to conclude it was her cause of death.

1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Thank you for posting that link to Hantavirus. That makes for a very good read.
Actually, it would make a really interesting movie, a REAL detective story.

[gw-ington]

Our best scientists have sent space probes beyond our solar system yet they still have almost no clue what causes Alzheimer’s, let alone having any clue about a possible cure for it.