Gene Hackman’s official autopsy report released months after his death

An official cause of death was unveiled for the Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa.

According to the medical investigator’s office in New Mexico, a final autopsy from Fox News Digital shows that Hackman had a “history of heart failure” and “severe chronic hypertensive changes”.

The legendary actor set up a “bi-ventricular pacemaker” in April 2019, according to the documents. “Neurodegenerative features that match the Alzheimer disease” were also found in the autopsy.

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“The autopsy showed a severe atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease with placement of stents of coronary arteries and a bypass transplant as well as an earlier aortic valve replacement,” says the documents.

“Far -myocardial infarctions were available on which the left ventricular free wall and the septum were significantly large. The examination of the brain showed microscopic findings of the Alzheimer disease of the advanced stage.”

Hackman tested negatively for Hantavirus. “The test for carbon monoxide was less than 5% saturated, corresponds to a normal range,” said the medical examiner.

In a toxicological report, the traces of Aceton in Hackman’s system were found in Hackman’s system. The solvent used for chemicals is “also a product of diabetic and sober ketoacidosis and a metabolite after isopropano recording,” said the report.

Hackman’s toxicology test showed the acetone level at 5.3 mg/dl, although, like the normal endogenous acetone level in the blood, is up to 0.3 mg/dl.

The results match a longer fasting level.

The deaths of Gene Hackman and Mrs. called “suspicious”, body showed signs of “mumification”

The bodies of Hackman and Arakawa were found February 26 by maintenance workers Jesse Kesler and Roland Lowe Begay. Kesler, who had worked for the couple for 16 years, wore a hectic 911 call.

An affidavit of the search order received by FOX News Digital explained that Arakawa was dismantled in her hands and feet with flatulence on her face and mummification.

Hackman had the same signs of decomposition as his wife.

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Detective initially described the couple’s deaths as “suspicious enough to request a thorough search and examination”. According to an affidavit of the search command received by FOX News digitally.

Officials confirmed that neither an external trauma was seen on Hackman or Arakawa, and the authorities in New Mexico immediately ceased a criminal examination of their death.

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In search of Arakawa’s computer, the investigators found that they examined Covid-19 and flu-like symptoms several times before they died. The investigators have restored an email that Arakawa sent to her massage therapist on February 11, in which she admitted that Hackman had carried out a “covid test” after experiencing “flu/cold-like symptoms”.

Before her email, Arakawa had researched “Covid” at least four times between February 8th and 11th before watching medical help in the Cloudberry Health Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

“This data indicates that Betsy actively examined the diseases in connection with Covid-19 and flu-like symptoms in the days before her death,” the report says.

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Arakawa died Hantavirus lung syndromeThe Ministry of Health of New Mexico confirmed that animals are transferred to humans and often occurs in rodents.

Hantavirus is characterized by “flu-like symptoms of fever, muscle pain, coughing, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea, which can lead to shortness of breath and heart or heart failure and lung failure,” said the chief debut for medical investigators Dr. Heather Jarrell last month during a press conference.

Hackman was 95 years old at the time of his death and his wife 63.

Stephanie Giang-Spaunon from Fox News Digital and Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this post.