India, March 1 -- Tests on Gene Hackman's pacemaker show that he was alive on February 17 when a "last event" was recorded, nine days before his body was discovered with his wife at their home, police said. The two-time Oscar winner, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found dead, along with one of their dogs, at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday. The police said there were no apparent signs of foul play. (Also Read | Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa could have been dead for 'couple weeks': Sheriff)

Police say it is a "reasonable assumption" that he died when his pacemaker had its "last event". Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza, who spoke to a pathologist in the case earlier on Friday, told a press conference, "...