Gene Hackman died of severe cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor, officials in New Mexico announced on Friday, and the 95-year-old Hollywood icon survived in the home he shared with his wife, Betsy Hackman, for a week after she died in their living room of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a severe respiratory illness caused by viruses transmitted to humans through contact with infected rodents, officials said
Source: Gene Hackman Survived in Home Alone With Advanced Alzheimer’s for a Week After Wife’s Death
