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Officials lay out Gene Hackman's cause of death and timeline of what happened

ByJaclyn Lee KABC logo
Friday, March 7, 2025
Gene Hackman and wife's causes of death revealed
Gene Hackman died of heart disease and his wife Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus about one week earlier in Santa Fe, New Mexico, authorities said.
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