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How Gene Hackman's wife Betsy could have been saved from rat disease that caused her death
Autopsies have finally revealed how Hackman and Arakawa died, solving the mystery that hung over them after their corpses were discovered at home last week.
Arakawa, 62, succumbed to a rodent-borne disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) on February 11 - and then lay in their Santa Fe house decomposing as Hackman, 95, suffering from advanced Alzheimer's, wandered about the luxury property confused and possibly unaware she was even dead. Hackman, 95, died from heart disease a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65 (pictured in 2024) succumbed to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - and police said the Alzheimer's stricken star may not have known she was dead Unforgiven star Hackman may have wandered around the sprawling 9000 square foot home, lost and confused, for seven days - without his partner of three decades by his side to feed and care for him, or look after their three treasured dogs,
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