
Gene Hackman's Final Autopsy Contains Chilling Detail
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Another chapter appears to have closed in the Oscar-winning actor's death amid bizarre circumstances.
Gene Hackman may have been starving when he died, his final autopsy suggested.
The “French Connection” and “Unforgiven” Oscar winner’s acetone levels indicated he may have not eaten for quite some time before his death at age 95 in February, Fox News reported on Sunday.
The autopsy report noted while acetone is used in household products it’s “also a product of diabetic- and fasting-induced ketoacidosis as well as a metabolite following isopropanol ingestion,” Fox News wrote.
It can also be the result of “prolonged starvation,” according to Healthline.
A host of health woes led to the actor’s demise, according to the examiner’s report, including a “history of congestive heart failure” and “severe chronic hypertensive changes” to his kidneys. He also showed “neurodegenerative features consistent with Alzheimer’s disease.”













