Authorities reveal that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer's disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.
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🗓️ 7 March 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Their causes of death revealed. |
| 0:04.5 | I'm Lisa Lacerra, Fox News. |
| 0:06.6 | Authorities in New Mexico releasing new information on the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, |
| 0:13.1 | saying Betsy Arakawa died of complications from Hanta virus, |
| 0:16.8 | a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by infected rodent droppings. And Hackman, who was 95, died of heart disease and had advanced Alzheimer's disease. |
| 0:26.5 | The chief medical examiner for the state of New Mexico says it's reasonable to conclude that Betsy Arakawa, also known as Betsy Hackman, died seven days before her husband, actor Gene Hackman. |
| 0:39.8 | According to the sheriff, their bodies were found in separate rooms and showed signs of mummification. |
| 0:45.2 | The initial investigation found Hackman appeared to have fallen or collapsed in a mudroom off the home's kitchen. |
| 0:51.5 | Arakawa was found on the floor of a bathroom, a space heater next to her head, |
| 0:55.7 | and on the counter, an open prescription bottle with pills scattered around. |
| 1:00.7 | Fox is Alicia Kuna, but the medical examiner says the pills are unrelated to Arwakawa's death. |
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