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Gene Hackman died of natural causes days after wife died of rare respiratory virus

Sheriff has said the couple may have died up to two weeks before they were discovered in February

Authorities are set to reveal more information about an investigation into the deaths of the actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered last month at their home in New Mexico. The sheriff, Adan Mendoza, and state fire, health and forensics officials scheduled an afternoon news conference on Friday to provide updates on the case. Hackman, a Hollywood icon, won two Oscars during a storied career in films including The French Connection, Hoosiers and Superman from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.

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