Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Gene Hackman, wife and dog found dead in their home in New Mexico Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:59:36 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 102 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:59:37 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0429a550d97ad904fe3959becaeb8cc9"; logging-data="258354"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX189h13oStYpxs36Bl5PTePmn/cUooh9NN4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:dpqQVl+z6lKxqbc+Xcyryna/HtQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 6007 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. >> >> >> > 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.