Mar 8, 2025 · Gene Hackman died of natural causes days after wife died of hantavirus 03:32. New Mexico officials have announced the cause of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, a week after ...

Mar 7, 2025 · New Mexico officials have announced what led to the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. Hackman died of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ...

Mar 7, 2025 · Hackman "was in a very poor state of health" at the time of his death, said Dr. Heather Jarrell, New Mexico's chief medical examiner. Investigators were unclear how Hackman spent his last days.

Mar 7, 2025 · Dr. Heather Jarell, chief medical examiner for New Mexico’s medical investigator office, identified Hackman’s cause of death as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiac disease, with Alzheimer ...

Mar 8, 2025 · New Mexico officials have announced the cause of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, a week after they were found dead at their home in Santa Fe.

On Friday, March 7, Dr. Heather Jarell, chief medical examiner for New Mexico’s medical investigator office, identified Hackman’s cause of death as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiac...

Mar 8, 2025 · Forensic experts came to a simple but heartrending conclusion about the manner of death for 95-year-old actor Gene Hackman. He died of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease a full week after a rare, rodent-borne disease took the life of his wife at their Santa Fe home.

Mar 8, 2025 · Experts believe Hackman was severely impaired due to Alzheimer’s disease and unable to deal with his wife’s death in the last week of his life — or seek help after she died.

Mar 7, 2025 · Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died of natural causes, officials announced Friday. The pair had been found dead in their New Mexico home on February 26 under unusual circumstances.

Mar 7, 2025 · 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.