The authorities revealed on Friday that the actor Gene hackman died of heart disease and showed serious signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after her marry deceased from Hantavirus in their house.
Betsy Arakawawhose body was found on the floor of a bathroom in the couple’s house, Probably died in front of her husbandDr. Heather Jarrell, medical investigator for the office of the New Mexico of the medical investigator, told journalists on Friday afternoon.
The surveillance cameras observed Arakawa alive on February 11, visiting a local CVS pharmacy and a pet store before returning to its closed community, said Santa Fe Adam Mendoza’s sheriff. February 11 is also the last day that Akawa responded to any communication by e-mail.
File – Gene Hackman & Wife Betsy Arakawa during the 60th Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States.
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“Based on the circumstances, it is reasonable to conclude that Ms. Arakawa died first,” Jarrell told journalists, adding that Hackman probably died a week later, on February 18, when her cardiac stimulator recorded an abnormal heart activity for the last time.
“Mr. Hackman has shown evidence of Alzheimer’s advanced disease,” said Jarrell. “He was in a very poor state of health. He had a significant heart disease, and I think in the end, this is what resulted in his death.”
Jarrell said he was not known how Arakawa died and said it was possible that Hackman was “not aware” that his wife died several days earlier.
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When he was asked if Hackman could have lived alone and survive after Arakawa’s death, Jarrell said that she “was not aware of her normal daily operating capacity”. However, she said that her autopsy did not show any sign of dehydration, although her stomach was empty, which means that he “had not eaten recently”.
Hackman, 95, was found dead On February 26, in the entrance to his house in Santa Fe and Arakawa, 63, was found dead in a bathroom next to a radiator, according to a postage of search mandate for detectives from the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Bureau. Their leftovers were found partially mummified in their New Mexico house, but recently investigators Excluded a unfair game And carbon monoxide poisoning tests have returned negative.
File – Actor Gene Hackman with his wife Betsy Arakawa in June 1993.
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Arakawa was found with an open prescription bottle and scattered pills on the bathroom counter, while Hackman died in another room.
Hantavirus is a distribution of rare but potentially fatal diseases by excrement of infected rodents. It is generally reported in spring and summer, often due to the exhibitions that occur when people are close to mouse excrement in houses, hangars or poorly ventilated areas. This is the first confirmed case of Hantavirus to New Mexico this year.
Friday, the veterinarian of public health of the state of the New Mexico state, Dr. Erin Phipps, told journalists that they always investigated the cause of death for one of the dogs of the couple, which was found dead in a box at home when the body of Hackman and Arakawa was discovered. The dog remains were sent for a necropsy and the officials await the results.
Phipps said the Centers for Disease Control have been informed of the case of Hantavirus which seems to have resulted in Arakawa’s death, adding that local health officials have observed nothing in this case of Hantavirus.
“This is not an unusual case. We get cases each year, unfortunately, ”said Phippps. “We do not notice any indication of abnormal or unusual models.”
The sheriff considers that it is an open survey until they have finished checking the mobile phone data and receiving the results of the dog’s autopsy.
– With files from the Associated Press
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