Investigation was started after Gene Hackman and his wife had found dead

An investigation is carried out by the circumstances in connection with the death of the legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa.

The 95 -year -old “The French Connection” star and Arakawa (64) were found on Wednesday next to their dog in their house in Santa Fe.

“An active and ongoing examination” in their death, said the sheriff's office.

The MPs were called to an address on the Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park on Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., “where Gene Hackman (95) and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64 and a dog died,” said the public information officer of the Sheriff, Denise Womack Avila, in one statement.

“At this point, the foul is not suspected as a factor for these deaths, but the exact cause of death was not determined,” added the explanation.

The Sheriff's office informed a reporter from the NBC partner Kob from Albuquerque that the alarm was triggered after a neighbor called the police to carry out a social examination check.

The corpses of Hackman and Arakawa were only officially identified on Thursday morning (2:30 a.m. ET).

Hackman was flown in the hospital after driving a car in 2012 when he drove to the Florida Keys, but escaped with minor injuries.

He won his first Oscar for his portrayal of Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in William Friedkin's “The French Connection” and later spanned later audience in Francis Ford Coppolas Paranoid Thriller “Das Bonzie”. Later he played the malignant Lex Luther in “Superman”.

He won two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, a screen Actors Guild Award and two British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAS).

He also landed Oscar nominations for his roles in “Bonnie & Clyde”, the character study “I never sung for my father” and the division thriller “Mississippi Burning”.

He left Hollywood in 2004 and appeared in the largely forgotten Ray Romano vehicle “Welcome to Mooseport”.