New Delhi, April 16 -- Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, had reportedly researched COVID symptoms and considered seeking medical care for her husband in the days before she died, an investigation by New Mexico officials revealed.

New Mexico's chief medical investigator said on March 7 that Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome while Hackman, 95, died of heart disease some days later, with advanced Alzheimer's disease contributing.

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by infected rodent droppings. It spreads through rat and mouse urine or droppings, and it starts with flu-like symptoms -- headaches and dizziness, which can quickly turn into serious respiratory distress.

So she may have been experienci...