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If he collapsed because of the cardiac arrest and she was found in the bathroom with pills all around her, the circumstances around this looks to be that he would've died first
Dr. Baden theorized
She could've simply tripped and fallen down and hit her head because she was panicking to get him his pills,
the renowned forensic pathologist saidWhat happens when police come into a decomposing cause, they get upset of the bad odor and they are concerned they will catch something because it is distasteful, the smell,
he told DailyMail.comEven if she fell and lost consciousness, her heart could've still been beating for days
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One of the personal highlights of my career was bringing the French Film Gardé a Vue (Under Suspicion) to life with the incredibly gifted Gene Hackman. And of course... Unforgiven. Rest in peace, my friend."
Freeman posted on Instagram
I'm pretty confident there is no foul play,
Mendoza said Friday on The Today ShowThere were no apparent signs of foul play."
Mendoza saidBased on our investigation, we can say with some certainty that Gene Hackman's pacemaker recorded its last event on February 17, 2025, ... The investigation is still ongoing, and we are awaiting further details from the final autopsy and toxicology reports, which may take months to complete,
Sheriff Mendoza said during a brief press conference, adding ... according to Deadline
If your heart required a pacemaker, there would certainly be an interruption at that point – and it might be the hallmark of when the death occurred. But it’s not necessarily because some people get a pacemaker to augment things, not necessarily replace things.”
He said later ... He also
I don’t think, you know, there was any indication that, again, there was no trauma or injured themselves, or head injury or brain injury.”
The SheriffInitial findings noted no external trauma to either individual. The manner and cause of death has not been determined. The official results of the autopsy and toxicology reports are pending.”
He also saidAn initial interrogation was conducted of Mr. Hackman's pacemaker. This revealed that his last event was recorded on February 17, 2025,
he said
I think everybody here understands that they were very private individuals and a very private family,
he saidGrowing up on his movies was an absolute thrill for me,
Elwes said on Instagram
It sort of slows down the body by blocking these calcium channels that are needed for the heart cells to communicate with each other
Dr Rubinstein saidLevothyroxine overdoses are uncommon and tend to cause symptoms lasting for weeks
Dr Jared Ross, an emergency medicine physician in Missouri, told DailyMail.comIf somebody wanted to hurt themselves by overdosing themselves or others with diltiazem, it is definitely one hundred percent lethal.
Dr Jack Rubinstein, a cardiologist and internal medicine professor at the University of Cincinnati, told DailyMail.comThere are multiple case reports in the medical literature of patients successfully and unsuccessfully committing suicide using diltiazem
Dr Ross addedThere’s no indication that anybody was moving about the house or doing anything different, so it’s very hard to determine if they both passed at the same time or how close they passed together,
the sheriff added
One of the challenges has been trying to determine that timeline,
Mendoza said, given the couple’s privacy