Gene Hackman died due to heart problems, just one week after the death of his wife, who died from an unusual pulmonary virus

The American actor Gene Hackman died from heart problems, chronic hypertension, respiratory disease and advanced Alzheimer’sHantavirus pulmonary syndrometransmitted by rodents, authorities said this Friday.

Hackman’s bodies, from 95 yearsand Arakawa, 65, were found lifeless at the end of February At home in New Mexico, in the southwest United States.