Overview
- Gene Hackman, 95, died of heart disease with Alzheimer's as a contributing factor, while his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, died a week earlier from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
- Authorities are still piecing together the timeline of events, including analyzing cell phone and financial records to finalize the investigation.
- Hackman's $80 million estate, left entirely to Arakawa in a 2005 will, may face legal challenges from his children, who were not named as beneficiaries.
- One of the couple's dogs, Zinna, died from dehydration and starvation, likely after being confined to a crate post-surgery; their two other dogs survived.
- Investigators have ruled out foul play and carbon monoxide poisoning but are awaiting toxicology results to close the case.