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Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa kept him on 'strict diet' before their mysterious deaths, late star's pal claims


Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa reportedly had him on a 'strict diet' in the years before their mysterious deaths this week.

Gene's close friend and former business partner, Doug Lanham, spoke to TMZ about the late couple on Thursday, claiming that Betsy placed the Hollywood icon on a strict, healthy diet. Gene and Betsy — who wed back in 1991 — were discovered dead at their Santa Fe home on Wednesday, February 26 by an unnamed male, who made a frantic call to 911; the couple seen in 1991 He stared in dozens of memorable movies including Bonnie and Clyde, The Poseidon Adventure, Superman, Mississippi Burning, Postcards from the Edge, The Firm, Get Shorty, The Birdcage and The Royal Tenenbaums.

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