CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports:

The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, remain under investigation, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza shared at a press conference Saturday. In a statement, Mendoza stated that both Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning.

The sheriff also disclosed that Hackman’s pacemaker recorded its “last event” on Feb. 17, meaning that it is currently assumed that that is the date that the actor died. Mendoza said there remains uncertainty over the order of the couple’s deaths.

Final toxicology and autopsy reports remain pending — a process that Mendoza says “could be a month or three months or longer.” Initial findings indicate that there was “no external trauma to either individual.”

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Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday, after the couple was found dead in their home earlier this week. Mendoza added that Hackman’s pacemaker recorded its final activity on Feb. 17,… pic.twitter.com/6cQwWtClYn

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