Hackman and wife lay dead for days, possibly weeks, says sheriff

The 95-year-old Oscar-winning actor and Arakawa, 64, were found dead in separate rooms of their house in hills north of Santa Fe. “Based on the body and other evidence on the body, it appears several days, possibly even up to a couple of weeks” that Hackman and Arakawa had been dead, Adan Mendoza, the Santa Fe County sheriff, told NBC News.