re: Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week prior

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Arakawa may have caught the ultra-rare but deadly virus from the garage of the couple's mansion, experts have said.

DailyMail.com understands that while there was no rodent activity in the main house, there were rodent droppings in the couple's garage and outhouses. Specialists told this website Arakawa could have picked HPS up from cleaning those areas.

Hackman and Arakawa's dog was also found dead in the house. Authorities note that while there is evidence that dogs can catch the virus, the animals do not show symptoms and there are no recorded cases of them passing the virus on to human

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