Forensic Specialist Weighs in on ‘Unusual’ Circumstances Surrounding Gene Hackman and Wife’s Cause of Death

“The circumstances and who he was — he was beloved by so many — are what make it so unusual,” Baden said. “Because heart disease and collapsing and dying with a pacemaker is common in the United States.”

“But the circumstances of the two of them isolated by themselves,” he continued. “And that may have been the reason that 911 wasn’t called, for example, while his wife was trying to get him some medication and fell.”