Gene Hackman

American actor

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March 7 2025 Causes of death were officially announced at a press conference.
March 7 2025 Official press conference is held to announce the causes of death for Gene Hackman and Arakawa.
February 28 2025 Carbon monoxide poisoning was ruled out in the investigation of Hackman and Arakawa's deaths.
February 28 2025 Carbon monoxide poisoning is ruled out as a cause of death during the investigation.
February 26 2025 Found dead at his home in Santa Fe, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, presumed to have died of heart disease and advanced Alzheimer's.
February 26 2025 Bodies of Gene Hackman, Arakawa, and one of their three dogs are discovered by a maintenance worker after they failed to answer the door. Two dogs were found alive in the home.
February 26 2025 Found dead at his home in Santa Fe, having passed away from heart disease complicated by advanced Alzheimer's disease.
February 18 2025 Gene Hackman dies from severe heart disease, complicated by advanced Alzheimer's disease and kidney disease. His pacemaker recorded an abnormal rhythm at the time of death.
February 12 2025 Arakawa made a physician appointment but did not show up; she died at home shortly after.
February 11 2025 Hackman's wife Arakawa was last seen alive at a CVS Pharmacy and returned to their gated community at 5:15 pm.
February 11 2025 Arakawa (Hackman's wife) dies from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home.
March 2023 Hackman was last seen in public. Post-mortem, it was revealed he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
2022 Hackman attended a public event in Santa Fe.
May 18 2019 The Minor Planet Center officially published the naming citation for Asteroid 55397 Hackman (M.P.C. 114954).
2017 Concluded his narration work for television documentaries.
2017 Narrated another documentary, 'We, the Marines', further breaking his retirement.
2016 Briefly came out of retirement to narrate the documentary 'The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima'.
2013 Hackman published the novel 'Pursuit' through Pocket Books.
2012 At age 82, Hackman was struck by a pickup truck while cycling in the Florida Keys, sustaining minor injuries described as 'bumps and bruises' by his publicist.
2011 Hackman wrote and published 'Payback at Morning Peak: A Novel of the American West' with Simon & Schuster Inc.
2011 Appeared on Fox Sports Radio show The Loose Cannons, discussing his career and novels with hosts Pat O'Brien, Steve Hartman, and Vic 'The Brick' Jacobs.

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