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How Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy's Surviving Dogs Helped First Responders

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s two surviving dogs had been ‘trying’ to alert first responders of their deaths, per the police chief

The two dogs found alive at the home of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa are safe with local animal control, according to a press release from the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office. He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us, he was always just Dad and Grandpa,” Hackman’s daughters and granddaughter told Us Weekly in a statement. Betsy Arakawa, wife of the late actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, but that is not what killed the couple’s dog, who was found feet away from her body.

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