Heartbreaking new details have come out about Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s final moments.The 95-year-old was found dead on the floor of his mud room on 26 February while his wife, 65, was found in the bathroom, which was full of prescription bottles that were scattered around the floor.The couple also had 3 dogs, one of which was found dead near Arakawa.Just two days after the sad announcement, police revealed that they believe Hackman died on February 17 after discovering that that was the day his pacemaker had stopped recording a heartbeat.There was no signs of foul play but the deaths are being investigated as potentially suspicious.Authorities have since released an update that they still haven’t found any evidence of foul play, after the Express reported that suicide may have played a part.Speaking on 2 March, an investigator shared: “There is no immediate sign of foul play, although the lack of carbon monoxide has upended the initial theories about how they died.“We are now looking at whether it could be a death followed by a suicide.“Did Mr Hackman die suddenly from a heart attack and his wife was so distraught she took an overdose?“Or could his wife have suffered an acute medical event which caused her death, and then Mr Hackman was in such a state that he had a heart attack and died?“We are looking at all possibilities.”Living in a private gated community, their neighbors revealed that despite living next door to the celeb, they didn’t see much of them.Bud Hamilton, who lived next door to the famous couple for 20 years shared that he had dinner with them only once.James Everett, who has lived part-time, next door for five years, revealed: ‘They have a gate, and we have a gate, and we just have never even seen each other,’.Longtime homeowner and former president of the homeowner’s association, Harvey Chalker, said Arakawa had taken care of their business and met Hackman once when he bought a pair of hiking shoes from his shop.‘He wanted to be quiet, he didn’t want to be bothered, and I don’t blame him,’ Chalker said.Fernando Miranda, a neurologist who has owned a house near them since 2018, remembered visiting the neighborhood on February 17 and said it is saddening to know the couple may have died then.‘We all sort of cherish the fact that we are isolated,’ he said.Beau Theriot, visits his own house in the neighborhood a few times a year – revealed he saw Hackman using a cane while walking along the road with his wife a few years ago.‘I know there’s some nice people up there, I just don’t know them,’ Theriot said.Longtime friends of the couple have spoke out following their deaths.79-year-old author Daniel Lenihan shared that it had been ‘years’ since he last saw the French Connection star and his wife Barbare Lenihan – who co-owned a home decor store with Arakawa – said she last saw Hackman around a year ago. The 75-year-old had not seen Arakawa since earlier this year but shared that they had emailed over the last few weeks to catch up.‘People loved to be around them,’ she said. ‘We used to spend a lot of time at their house but it’d been a while since they were comfortable having others over.’Lenihan noted that they had become more ‘insular’ in recent years and it had become tougher to have people over.They have been left ‘deeply saddened’ by their passing.The Santa Fe County search warrant details that the actor was found in the mudroom while his wife was found dead in the bathroom near “open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop.” She also had “bloating in her face and mummification in her hands and feet,” with authorities noting that they had been deceased for “some time”.A neighbor had also notified police to carry out a welfare check. The front door was reportedly open but there was no sign of forced entry.Two healthy dogs were found also, one outside the house and another inside.The search warrant noted that the “circumstances surrounding” their deaths were “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation,”.No wounds or evidence that they were shot were found at the scene and the New Mexico gas company is helping with the investigation and found “no signs or evidence indicating there were any problems associated to the pipes in and around the residence,”.However, it has been reported by AP that “people exposed to gas leaks or carbon monoxide may not show signs of poisoning.”The county sheriff’s office noted that “Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time.”They had been married since 1991.Santa Fe County sheriff Adan Mendoza has not provided a cause of death.Mendoza, after identifying the two bodies, shared that officials are in the middle of a preliminary death investigation.The police department shared: ‘We can confirm that both Gene Hackman and his wife were found deceased Wednesday afternoon at their residence on Sunset Trail.‘This is an active investigation – however, at this time we do not believe that foul play was a factor.’Hackman had just turned 95 in January. He was well known for being a private person, in retirement. The two-time Oscar winner had not starred in a movie since 2004.He first gained fame in 1967 when he starred in Bonnie and Clyde and went on to act in well-known movies and TV shows like Superman, the French connection and Get Shorty.In 2004 however, he announced he was retiring – left Los Angeles and went on to live a quiet life in New Mexico with his wife.The icon appeared in over 80 films as well as television and stage work.https://x.com/TheStingisBack/status/1895029986928574694Hackman was married twice, his second wife, 63-year-old pianist Arakawa, sadly died also.The couple had no children but Hackman had three children with his first wife, Faye Maltese. They divorced in 1986 after 30 years together and raising three children, Elizabeth Jean Hackman, Leslie Anne Hackman and Christopher Allen Hackman.After five years, he married Arakawa – a retired classical pianist 30 years younger than him.Speaking to Reuters in 2008, he said: ‘I haven’t held a press conference to announce retirement, but yes, I’m not going to act any longer.’‘I’ve been told not to say that over the last few years, in case some real wonderful part comes up, but I really don’t want to do it any longer.’He also spoke of his passion for writing novels, saying ‘I like the loneliness of it, actually. It’s similar in some ways to acting, but it’s more private and I feel like I have more control over what I’m trying to say and do.’Now, Hackman’s daughter, Elizabeth, has spoken out. Speaking to TMZ, she shared that she thinks the cause of death may be related to toxic fumes, likely carbon monoxide poisoning.They will both be missed, RIP.Like this:Like Loading…

A Canadian Premier has said that he will cut power to 1.5 million Americans after Donald Trump announced new tarrifs.The president, not long after his return to the White House, signed off an what some are calling ‘catastrophic’ tariffs to ‘hold China, Mexico and Canada accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the US’ by putting 25% tarifs of imported goods from Canada, Mexico and 10% on China.Trump then explained that the only ‘solution’ for Canada to avoid the tariffs was to become a ‘cherished 51st State’.Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, released a statement on March 3 that read: “Today, after a 30-day pause, the United States administration has decided to proceed with imposing 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy. Let me be unequivocally clear – there is no justification for these actions.”The White House then release a statement that the tariffs are Trump ‘taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country’.The order reads: “There is growing production of fentanyl in Canada, and enough fentanyl was seized at the northern border last fiscal year to kill 9.8 million Americans.“Additionally, illegal border crossings from Canada reached historic new highs every year for the last four fiscal years.”Ontario Premier Doug Ford shared in a news conference last week: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do anything, including cutting off their energy — with a smile on my face.“They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard? We’ve got to go back twice as hard.”Speaking to NBC, Ford said: “We [Ontario] keep the lights on in 1.5 million homes and [in] manufacturing in New York, in Michigan, and in Minnesota.“If he wants to destroy our economy and our families, I will shut down the electricity going into the US.”As reported by the Toronto Sun, he said: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face.“They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard.”He added: “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.“The provinces have a big say in it, but it’s the federal government that’s leading the charge, and we’re going to stand shoulder-to-shoulder no matter who’s in the federal government.”Like this:Like Loading…