Carbon monoxide poisoning ruled out in death of Gene Hackman and wife, police say

Investigators say good assumption' actor died on 17 February while autopsies reveal no external trauma

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Authorities have ruled out that Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this week in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Santa Fe county sheriff, Adan Mendoza, said he spoke on Friday with the pathologist from the New Mexico office of the medical investigator, who said that both Hackman and Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide.