Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their New Mexico home, alongside their beloved dog on February 26.But it hasn't just been their deaths making headlines,

Authorities in New Mexico say actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease likely a week after his wife died of hantavirus.

His mother was a waitress; his father, a violent man, struggled to find work during the Depression, and abandoned the family when Gene was 13. Years later, Hackman recalled that as his father drove away for the last time,