SANTA FE >> Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s and died of heart disease and other factors likely days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of a rare syndrome spread by mice,

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died days before her husband. Health officials say here cause of death was Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel gives his take on the latest details from the investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife on ‘Fox Report.’

For years, actor Gene Hackman’s doting wife Betsy Arakawa would do whatever she could to help keep him healthy, whether it meant wearing a mask everywhere she went or encouraging him to stay fit by riding his bike or doing yoga on Zoom.