Gene Hackman final autopsy released two months after actor was found dead at 95

An official cause of death has been revealed for Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.According to the Office of the Medical Investigator in New Mexico, a final autopsy obtained by Fox News Digital shows that Hackman had a “history of congestive heart failure” in addition to “severe chronic hypertensive changes, kidneys.”The legendary actor had a “bi-ventricular pacemaker” placed in April 2019, documents stated.“Neurodegenerative features consistent with Alzheimer’s Disease,” were also noted in the autopsy.“Autopsy showed severe atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with placement of coronary artery stents and a bypass graft, as well as a previous aortic valve replacement,” the documents stated.“Remote myocardial infarctions were present involving the left ventricular free wall and the septum, which were significantly large.

Examination of the brain showed microscopic findings of advanced stage Alzheimer’s disease.”Hackman tested negative for Hantavirus.“Testing for carbon monoxide was less than 5% saturation, in keeping with a normal range,” the medical examiner noted.A toxicology report found trace amounts of acetone in Hackman’s system when he died.

The solvent used for chemicals is “also a product of diabetic- and fasting-induced ketoacidosis as well as a metabolite following isopropanol ingestion,” according to the report.Hackman’s toxicology test showed acetone levels at 5.3 mg/dl, where as reported normal endogenous acetone levels in blood are up to 0.3 mg/dL.The findings are consistent with a prolonged level of fasting.Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies were found Feb.26 by maintenance workers Jesse Kesler and Roland Lowe Begay.

Kesler, who had worked as a personal contractor for the couple for 16 years, made a frantic 911 call.A search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital revealed that Arakawa was found decomposed with bloating on her face and mummification in her...