Gene Hackman died a week after a virus found in rodents killed his wife, officials say

Gene Hackman’s wife died from a virus often found in rodents, and the actor likely died a week later, but both died from natural causes, officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said Friday.
Betsy Arakawa, 65, died from Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and the Oscar-winning actor, who was in poor health with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, died seven days later, said Dr. Heather Jarrell, chief medical investigator for the New Mexico office of the medical investigator.
His cause of death was determined to be “hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor,” she said, based on autopsy findings.