@crmnallyobsessed: Foul play has been ruled out, and separate health issues are to blame in the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, according to New Mexico's Chief Medical Examiner. In a press conference on March 7, Dr. Heather Jarrell said autopsy results on the Oscar-winning actor suggest that he succumbed to advanced heart disease and Alzheimer's around February 18. However, the new findings confirm a grim final timeline of events for the Hackmans. Officials believe that his wife died in the home about seven days before Hackman due to severe complications from a rodent-borne illness called hantavirus. #genehackman #pressconference #santafe