SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A towering figure in cinema for decades, retired actor Gene Hackman spent his final years in seclusion with his wife, living with heart disease and Alzheimer’s, authorities said Friday.
An investigation into the deaths of Hackman and his wife, 65-year-old Betsy Arakawa, paint a tragic picture of the 95-year-old Oscar-winner’s last days before he succumbed to heart disease, one week after Arakawa died from a rare disease called hantavirus.
Here are some takeaways:
Hackman may not have realized his wife died a week earlier
“Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer’s disease,” New Mexico chief medical investigator Dr. Heather Jarrell said. “He was in a very poor state
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