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.

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.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office confirmed the film star and wife Betsy Arakawa had died, along with their dog.

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.

Santa Fe sheriff stated in a press conference that the last recorded event of Gene Hackman’s pacemaker was on February 17

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

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.

That news comes via Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, who revealed in a Friday press conference that the legendary actor's pacemaker last recorded an "event" on Feb. 17. Hackm

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza says police are “trying to put together a timeline” of the couple’s last few days, but noted it's a “challenge” as they were “very private"