Officials said on Friday that Oscar -winning actor Jean Hackman, 95, and his wife, 64 -year -old Pianoist Bitsi Arakawa, 64 -year -old, died nine days before his death.

Santa F County Sheriff Aden Mendoza suggested during a press conference on Friday that Hackman could die on 17 February. Roots According to a pathologist, the final indication of hackman’s pacemaker was recorded on 17 February.

“This is a good perception that was the last day of his life,” Mendoza told reporters.

However, the cause of death for Hackman, his wife, Arkawa and his dog has not yet been determined.

Mendoza denied foul play and confirmed that tests for carbon monoxide poisoning on hackman and arakawa returned negative results. It is also not clear who died before.

French connections and conversations are known for films like Jean Hackman, Arkawa and his dog His Santa F was found dead at home On Wednesday, a maintenance worker was alerted by the police after alerting the officers.

Police found Hanman in the kitchen and in Arakawa, with a dog, in a bathroom, where bullets scattered with an open prescription bottle were discovered at the counter. It has speculated About the role of drugs in his death.

Authorities have requested a toxic science report on bullets found in the bathroom, as well as other medicines at home. Mendoza called the findings of the drug “some concern and very important evidence at the scene.” However, he said that the report could take three months or more.

Jean Hackman starred in his career in six decades, in about 80 films. He earned his first Oscar nomination for his breakout role as the brother of bank dacoit Clyde Barrow in the 1967 film Boney and Clide. He won an Oscar for the Best Actor for his depiction of Detective Popi Doyle in the French connection in 1972 and won another Oscar in 1993 for unwanted supporting actor in 1993.

With input from Reuters