Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies found Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and a dog dead when they performed a welfare check, a spokesperson said.

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in New Mexico, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told CNN.

The deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife were found to be "suspicious enough in nature" to require a thorough investigation, a search warrant issued in New Mexico says. Hackman, 95, and his wife,