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Gene Hackman's extreme exercise and diet regime forced on him by wife after they moved to a 'spiritual vortex'


The Hawaiian native, who was of Japanese ancestry, 'believed staying physically fit was of utmost importance to his health,' a source has told DailyMail.com.

Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa wanted her husband to live as long as possible so she pushed him to stay active, eat well and take in New Mexico's 'spiritual vortex'; seen in 1994 In 1989, Arakawa performed at the Altenheim Geriatric Center in Forest Park, Illinois, which was used as a German nursing home in The Package, a film starring her future husband, Hackman. Sheriff Adan Mendoza of Santa Fe County has now told reporters pills discovered near Betsy's body were 'of concern' – but stressed no conclusions had yet been reached about their role in the pair's passings.

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