Gene Hackmanâs family releases statement regarding actorâs âdevastatingâ death
Authorities have confirmed the deaths of the actor and his wife are being treated as â??suspiciousâ??
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Gene Hackmanâs family has released a formal statement about the tragic passing of the Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.
The French Connection star, 95, Arakawa, 63, and their pet dog were found dead in their Santa Fe home Wednesday night.
Hackmanâs two daughters, Elizabeth and Leslie, along with his granddaughter, Annie, put out a statement about the actorâs death.
âIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,â they said in a statement, per The New York Post.
âHe was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa,â the statement continued. âWe will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.â
Elizabeth and Leslie are two of Hackmanâs three children, whom he shared with his first wife, Faye Maltese. The Superman actor was married to Maltese, who died in 2017, from 1956 to 1986. He later married Arakawa, a classical pianist, in 1991.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza initially said that foul play was not suspected, although a search warrant affidavit has since ruled their deaths âsuspiciousâ enough to require further investigation.
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Akawa had been married since 1991 (Getty )The bodies of Hackman and Arakawa were found by a pair of maintenance workers.
Arakawa was found in a bathroom with an open pill bottle and medication scattered nearby. Police also found a space heater near her head, leading a deputy to write in the search warrant that it may have fallen if she had suddenly hit the floor.
Hackman was discovered on the ground near the kitchenâs mudroom, while the dead dog, a German Shepherd, was 10-15 feet from Arakawa, in a closet in the bathroom. Two healthy dogs were found alive on the property, according to police.
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Try for freeA warrant obtained by Variety and TMZ stated that Arakawaâs body âshowed obvious signs of death, body decomposition, bloating in her face and mummification in both hands and feet.â
Hackmanâs body was found in âsimilar and consistentâ condition.
Elizabeth had originally speculated that their deaths were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning; however, testing and observation of the houseâs systems from the Santa Fe Fire Department and New Mexico Gas Company did not reveal immediate signs of a leak.
Police have said thereâs no immediately clear cause of death, and that they have not discovered any kind of note or final statement.
âAt this stage in the process there isnât anything obvious like that,â Sheriff Mendoza told The New York Times. âThe autopsy is going to tell us more.â
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