Gene Hackman Died From Heart Disease a Week After the Death of His Wife, Who Had Hantavirus

[Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Julia Jacobs]

The actor’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a respiratory illness linked to rodents, New Mexico officials said. Mr. Hackman had Alzheimer’s, which contributed to his death from heart disease.

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