An investigation at Gene Hackman’s Santa Fe home by a local gas company found a “minuscule” leak at one of the stove burners, but it is not believed to have been a contributing factor in the deaths of the Oscar-winning actor and his wife Betsy Arakawa.
After the couple’s bodies were discovered last week, early speculation centered on the theory that they may have died due to a gas leak. Hackman’s daughter Elizabeth Jean suggested they could have been killed by “toxic fumes.”
