Before his death, Gene Hackman likely did not know wife Betsy Arakawa—whose cause of death was ruled as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome—died due to his “advanced state of Alzheimer's,” per authorities.

Hollywood stars are beginning to share tributes following the news of storied actor Gene Hackman's death at the age of 95. Director Francis Ford Coppola, who wrote and directed the 1974 thriller "The Conversation," starring Hackman, praised him in an Instagram post.

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home last week in a gated community in Santa Fe, New Mexico.