Posted on 03/07/2025 1:43:42 PM PST by 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.
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WHAT A SAD ENDING....
I feel so sorry for him. But at least he didn’t fully understand why she wasn’t taking care of him. Heartbreaking
He was about 30 years older than her.
They had plenty of money. They should have had a live-in housekeeper.
Wow, what a shame.
That answers the question of Gene Hackman’s cause of death. After all, he’s of advanced age.
But his wife’s and dog’s deaths at nearly the same time are still unanswered.
bttt
This is so sad.
Not the same time. 7 days earlier.
Very sad, as for the dog, earlier reports are that the dog that died , unlike the other two, was locked in a kennel and had no water. I wonder when they will release the cause of death of his wife.
Maybe they didn’t have a lot of money. ‘
I’ve heard that some of these stars don’t handle money well. Similar to some professional athletes who make tons of money, they need to save for the day when they aren’t getting multi million dollar movie deals.
She died of hantavirus.
The dog died of deprivation, because it was locked in a closet.
Well, people aged 64 are not THAT young.
They can die by natural causes!
I lost bunch of friends at about that age.
What is sad, that nobody was around!
Children? Caretakers? Friends?
I wonder if his children and friends are relieved the two didn’t die from some brutal murder.
This pretty much solves the whole mystery. Now if we could just have that Epstein list.
According to the article:
“Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa seems to have passed away from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, New Mexico health officials confirmed. Hantavirus is spread mainly by rodents feces, and is not spread from person-to-person, according to the CDC.”
Yeah that one detail is what surprises me, he was worth what over 40 million dollars and they couldn’t bring in someone to help bathe him, it was all her? She did everything, bathed him, dressed him, etc
Ah, the wife died of Hantavirus, years ago that was a big thing reported in areas with a lot of rodents.. That’s why you need to be very careful and mask up if you are cleaning up after rodents where there is urine and droppings.
Yup.
That's awful. At first, I thought the circumstances were extremely suspicious (husband, wife and dog dead, no signs of forced entry, no weapon, no evidence of a crime, no scent of gas, no bodily harm, etc.). But the conclusion does make sense. Gene Hackman's wife died and he had Alzheimer's at age 95, probably had no clue what to do. I'm a little surprised Gene didn't eventually go outside and wander around his neighborhood but I guess with Alzheimer's, there's no telling how a person would react.
The conclusion makes sense. Gene was a great actor, very believable. RIP
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