After actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home, investigators have revealed their cause of death.
Hackman appeared to have died from a heart disease with Alzheimer’s as a contributing factor. Investigators believe he died about a week after his wife passed away. She died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Dr. David Weber from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said hantavirus is a rare disease that is more commonly found in the southwestern part of the United States. He said roughly 850 cases of the disease have been reported in the last 20 years…