Gene Hackman's final autopsy reveals official cause of death

Gene Hackman's official cause of death has been revealed – two months after his death. Gene died at the age of 95 at his mansion in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was found on February 26 alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, who was just 65. A caretaker at the property was the one to sound the alarm on that day, calling responders when he spotted a woman laying on the floor as he looked through a window into the property.

Betsy was ruled to have died around a week before her husband, who may not have been aware of her death due to his progressed Alzheimer's disease. Official documents state: "Autopsy showed severe atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with placement of coronary artery stents and a bypass graft, as well as a previous aortic valve replacement." The statement continued: "Remote myocardial infarctions were present involving the left ventricular free wall and the septum, which were significantly large.



Examination of the brain showed microscopic findings of advanced stage Alzheimer's disease." The medical examiner noted that..

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