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Hackman was 95 and Arakawa was 64.
Hackman will be remembered as one of the great actors of his time.
He additionally won four Golden Globe Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2003.
While in the military, Hackman worked as a broadcast journalist, before being discharged in 1951.
He began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1956, which went poorly.
I had the all-time lowest score of students from the Playhouse, hetold the ChicagoTribunein 1986.
Hackmans last great role was as the patriarch inWes Andersons 2001 classicThe Royal Tenenbaums.
He retired soon after.
The cause of death is under investigation, though foul play is not suspected.
One of their dogs, a German shepherd, was found dead in the bathroom closet.
Their other two other dogs were found alive on the property.
Police say theres no sign of a gas leak or carbon monoxide poisoning at this time.
While the day Hackman and Arakawa died is unknown, their bodies showed similar signs of decomposition.
Mendoza also confirmed the bodies were found in the afternoon on February 26.
While there was no immediate sign of foul play, the police havent ruled that out yet.
The pills found near Arakawa were prescription thyroid medication.
Hackman also showed no signs of trauma or carbon-monoxide poisoning.
That is the last data from his pacemaker.
It is reasonable to conclude that Mr. Hackman probably died around February 18, Jarrell said.
