The Oscars paid tribute to Gene Hackman Sunday night, just days after the two-time Academy Award winner, his wife and their dog were found dead in their home in New Mexico. "Our community lost a giant and I lost a dear friend," actor Morgan Freeman said of Hackman before an In Memoriam video recognized actors and others who had died in the past year.Freeman appeared in two films with Hackman, "Unforgiven" and "Under Suspicion.""Like everyone who ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer and a man whose gifts elevated everyone's work," Freeman said.Several questions remain about the deaths of Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65.Here's what we know from investigators.
How did Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa die?Official results of the autopsies and toxicology reports are still pending, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday.Hackman and Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning, he said.The sheriff's office also said there were no signs of blunt force trauma when their bodies were found. How long had Hackman and Arakawa been dead?Hackman's pacemaker recorded its last event on Feb.
17, which was nine days before the bodies were found, Mendoza said Friday.The sheriff said it's possible that was Hackman's last day of life.A search warrant issued the day Arakawa and Hackman's bodies were found says they showed signs of decomposition, bloating in the face and mummification of hands and feet. Mummification preserves a body after death and can happen naturally when the skin dries out, according to the National Library of Medicine.
Where were Hackman and Arakawa found?Hackman and Arakawa were found dead in their home outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to deputies who responded to the house at about 1:45 p.m.local time on Feb.
26.Hackman was found in what is believed to be the home's mudroom.It appeared he had fallen suddenly, the search warrant says.
He was found wearing sweatp...