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What Happened to Gene Hackman & His Wife Betsy? Their Deaths

The late ‘French Connection’ star and his wife were both found dead in February 2025 alongside their dog at home in New Mexico. Get updates on the case here.

The Academy Award winner published several books, including Wake of the Perdido Star, Justice for None, Escape From Andersonville and Pursuit. Additional red flags included a space heater that appeared to have been moved, an open prescription bottle with pills scattered nearby, and the fact that Hackman and Arakawa were found in separate rooms. The outlet reported that surveillance footage of Arakawa was believed to have died on February 11, 2025, and her cause of death was hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is a severe respiratory illness transmitted through rodent urine, droppings, and saliva.

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