The American actor Gene hackman He died due to heart problems about a week after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from the pulmonary syndrome by Hantavirus, transmitted by rodents, authorities said this Friday.
The bodies of Hackman95, and Arakawa, 65, were found lifeless at the end of February at home in New Mexico, in the southwest United States.
The cause of the actor’s death “It is hypertension and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor”, He explained Friday at a press conference Heather Jarrell, Forensic Doctor of New Mexico.
His pacemaker registered cardiac activity for the last time on February 18, so this is the date of his death.
The exams performed “They did not show acute findings of internal or external trauma”Said Jarrell.
But if “Severe heart disease, including multiple surgical interventions that affected the heart, previous infarct tests and serious kidneys due to chronic arterial hypertension”
Arakawa, meanwhile, died of “Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome“Said Jarrell, and said it is a”natural death”
Hantavirus infection manifests symptoms similar to those of flu “that can evolve to respiratory difficulty and heart failure and pulmonary failure”, Explained the doctor.
Contagion occurs after an exposure of several weeks to the excrement of a mouse contaminated with the disease.
According to forensic analysis, the authorities estimate that Arakawa died on February 11.
The carbon monoxide poisoning tests gave negative, Jarrell added.
Winner of two Oscar awards, Hackman last appeared on the screen in the movie “Welcome to Mooseport” (2004) and officially announced his retirement in 2008.
Source: Gestion
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