Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide in the initial results of the toxicology report, leading officials to rule out the gas as a cause of Hackman and Arakawa’s death, Sheriff Adan Mendoza said in a press conference on Friday.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza shared some insight into the possible timeline of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths and the authorities' investigation on the 'Today' show on Friday,

"Both individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide," Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza shares at a Friday press conference

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa both tested negative for carbon monoxide after their deaths, Adan Mendoza, the sheriff of Santa Fe County in New Mexico, said at a press conference on Friday, Feb. 28.

Unseen for much of the last two decades, Hackman won Oscars for The French Connection (1971) and Clint Eastwood ‘s Unforgiven (1992), and was Oscar-nominated for roles in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988). Awards notwithstanding, the respected and admired Hackman had a wide range.

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, may have been dead for more than a week before their bodies were discovered in their Santa Fe home.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza told reporters Friday that actor Gene Hackman's last activity on his pacemaker was Monday, Feb. 17.

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead at their home in Santa Fe. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed just after midnight Thursday local time that the couple had died,

Hackman's pacemaker was last active on Feb. 17, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza. He said Friday it is "a very good assumption" that was his death date.