Hackman and wife Betsy's dog Zinna was found dead inside a crate at their New Mexico home on Feb. 26, where Hackman and Betsy's bodies were also discovered
Former forensic death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan gives his take on the deaths of actor Gene Hackman, his wife and dog on ‘America Reports.’
Morgan Freeman describes the actor as "incredibly gifted" while Clint Eastwood said he was "extremely saddened" by the news.
Sheriff Adan Mendoza said there were no obvious signs of foul play, but authorities are not ruling anything out as the investigation continues.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said there was “no immediate sign of foul play” in the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. Officials said the couple had been dead for “quite a while” before their bodies were found.
She was very protective of him,” a friend of Hackman's said of his beloved wife, Betsy Arakawa Gene Hackman would have likely died "long ago" without the help and support of his loving wife, Betsy Arakawa,
One of the last times anyone saw Betsy Arakawa in public, she was strolling through the aisles of a CVS Pharmacy in Santa Fe, her face covered by a mask, likely because of the virus ravaging her lungs.
The Santa Fe sheriff and the city's medical examiner shared that the mysterious deaths of the actor and his pianist wife were due to severe cardiovascular disease and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, respectively.