Actor Gene Hackman and wife probably had been dead in the house for nine days

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were probably dead for nine days when they were found in their house in Santa Fe last Wednesday. That is what the local sheriff said on Friday, to write American media. A first study showed that the pacemaker of the 95-year-old Hackman no longer worked since 17 February.

A maintenance employee Called emergency number 911 After he saw the body of Arakawa lying on the floor through the window. Two agents discovered the body of Arakawa in the bathroom and in the kitchen the body of Hackman. A dead dog was also found in a cupboard.

The death of Hackman and Arakawa is « suspicious enough » to justify further police investigation, the police already wrote in one on Thursday search order. Much is still unclear, but a carbon monoxide poisoning is excluded. Also, no gas leaks were found in or around the house. The police assume that there is no crime. It has been investigated for a few days whether medicines have played a role. Research results may take months to come, De Seriff said earlier.

Hackman was a renowned actor who won an Oscar twice, for the leading role The French Connection (1971) and for a supporting role in Unforgive (1991). He also played the arch enemy Lex Luthor in the Superman-Series. Hackman retired in 2004. His wife Arakawa was a classic pianist. In 1991 they married each other.

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