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Subject: Re: Gene Hackman, wife and dog found dead in their home in New Mexico
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:59:36 -0500
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On 3/7/2025 8:20 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
> Your Name wrote:
>>
>>
>>     Gene Hackman Died of Heart Disease and Alzheimer's a Week After
>>     Betsy Arakawa; Wife's Cause of Death Determined to Be Hantavirus
>>     ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>     Gene Hackman likely died about a week after his wife, Betsy Arakawa,
>>     died due to hantavirus, a medical examiner announced Friday.
>>
>>     Hackman died of cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as
>>     a significant contributing factor, said Heather Jarrell, the chief
>>     medical examiner for the New Mexico Office of the Medical
>>     Investigator.
>>
>>     Arakawa likely died about a week earlier, on Feb. 11, of hantavirus,
>>     a potentially fatal virus transmitted by mice. Both deaths fall
>>     under natural causes, which can include heart disease, stroke,
>>     cancer, respiratory failure, infections and age-related
>>     complications.
>>
>>     Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 65, were found dead on Feb. 26.
>>     Authorities said at the time they did not suspect foul play.
>>
>>     At a news conference on Friday, Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said
>>     that surveillance cameras showed that Arakawa did errands on
>>     Feb. 11, visiting Sprouts market and a CVS pharmacy. She also
>>     corresponded with a massage therapist by email that day.
>>
>>     Her car entered the gated subdivision where the couple lived around
>>     5:15 p.m. No activity or communications were found after that date.
>>
>>     Hackman had advanced Alzheimer's disease, as well as severe heart
>>     disease and a history of heart attacks, Jarrell said. He tested
>>     negative for hantavirus.
>>
>>     Erin Phipps, the state public health veterinarian, said at the press
>>     conference that hantavirus infections are very rare. She said that
>>     out of 136 infections in the state over the last 50 years, 42% were
>>     fatal. The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.
>>
>>     Phipps said there were signs of rodent entry in some of the
>>     buildings on the property, though the risk in the main house was
>>     "low."
>>
>>     Hackman's pacemaker registered cardiac activity on Feb. 17. On
>>     Feb. 18, the pacemaker picked up an abnormal rhythm, which was the
>>     last recording, suggesting that he died that day.
>>
>>     Authorities announced last week that the autopsy found that both
>>     bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide. The New Mexico Gas
>>     Company also thoroughly checked the home and found no significant
>>     leaks.
>>
>>     According to a search warrant affidavit, Arakawa was found dead on
>>     the bathroom floor. Pills were scattered on the countertop. At the
>>     press conference, Jarrell said the pills are thyroid medication that
>>     was being taken as prescribed.
>>
>>     Hackman was found in a mud room, off the kitchen. It appeared that
>>     both had fallen to the floor. A dead dog was also found in a closet
>>     near Arakawa's body, while two other healthy dogs were roaming the
>>     property. A necropsy on the dog is still pending.
>>
>>     A maintenance worker called the authorities after finding the door
>>     left ajar, and deputies went inside and discovered the bodies.
>>
>>     The deaths were considered "suspicious enough" to warrant further
>>     investigation. Detectives recovered two cell phones, a monthly
>>     planner, and some medications during a search of the property.
>>
>>     Hackman starred in such films as "The French Connection," "The
>>     Conversation," and "The Royal Tenenbaums." He had lived in Santa Fe
>>     since the late 1980s, and served on the board of the Georgia
>>     O'Keeffe Museum. He won Academy Awards for his roles in "The French
>>     Connection" and "Unforgiven," and retired from acting about 20 years
>>     ago.
>>
>>     Arakawa was a former classical pianist who married Hackman in 1991.
>>     She owned Pandora's, a home furnishings store in Santa Fe, with a
>>     friend.
>>
>>
>> <https://variety.com/2025/film/news/gene-hackman-cause-of-death-died- 
>> week-after-wife-1236331489/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> So his wife had been dead on the floor for a week but Hackman, due to 
> his "advanced Alzheimer's disease," didn't realize what had happened-- 
> and so went about his life, such as it was?
> 
> And she didn't seek medical treatment for her condition?
> 
> How horrible.

Not sure we can infer a degree of suffering for either of them.