Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in New Mexico along with their dog, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office says. He was 95.
Their causes of death have not been confirmed, but foul play is not suspected, a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said on Thursday morning.
Deputies responded to a welfare check request at the home around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday and found Hackman, Arakawa and a dog deceased, Womack-Avila said. An investigation is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said.
Medical examiner’s reports with the final cause of death “generally take anywhere from 4-6 weeks to generate,” said Chris Ramirez, spokesperson for the New Mexico medical investigator’s office.
The actor’s death comes just days before the Academy Awards on Sunday.
Officials said in a later update on Thursday that their deaths are “suspicious”, because they say there was not a gas leak and their bodies were found in different rooms.