Gene Hackman's cause of death revealed
New details have emerged regarding the deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy, after their bodies were found days apart in their New Mexico home. According to a medical examiner’s report, Hackman died from heart disease, with Alzheimer’s disease listed as a contributing factor. Betsy, 30 years younger than Hackman, had been his primary caregiver. She was found in the bathroom and had died a week earlier from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but deadly disease linked to rodent droppings.