{"id":154476,"date":"2025-03-07T21:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/gene-hackmans-cause-of-death-revealed-hollywood-legend-and-wife-died-one-week-apart\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T21:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T21:38:26","slug":"gene-hackmans-cause-of-death-revealed-hollywood-legend-and-wife-died-one-week-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/gene-hackmans-cause-of-death-revealed-hollywood-legend-and-wife-died-one-week-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Hackman&#8217;s Cause of Death Revealed; Hollywood Legend and Wife Died One Week Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been over a week since the world learned about the shocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/gene-hackman-wife-and-dog-found-dead-in-santa-fe-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And for most of that time, the circumstances surrounding those deaths were completely baffling to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Hackman was 95, so normally, his passing would not merit much of an investigation. But his late wife was only 65, with no known health issues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gene Hackman arrives at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA  on January 19, 2003.\" class=\"wp-image-520795 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-1414x2048.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-663x960.jpg 663w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-746x1080.jpg 746w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-829x1200.jpg 829w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-scaled.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2266610-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gene Hackman arrives at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA  on January 19, 2003.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gene-hackman-and-betsy-arakawa-s-causes-of-death-revealed\">Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa\u2019s causes of death revealed<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier today, the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/03\/07\/gene-hackman-cause-of-death-wife\/80684790007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced the findings<\/a> of the couple\u2019s autopsies.<\/p>\n<p>The examiner announced that Hackman died of heart disease and complications caused by Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Arakawa passed away from a rare illness known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. It is usually spread by rodents.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner estimates that Hackman died on February 18, roughly one week after Arakawa.<\/p>\n<p>. Obviously, there are still many questions to be answered about this highly unusual case.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gene Hackman arrives at the premiere of his new film \" the=\"\" royal=\"\" tenenbaums=\"\" in=\"\" los=\"\" angeles=\"\" december=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-685x960.jpg 685w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-770x1080.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-856x1200.jpg 856w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326.jpg 1461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gene Hackman arrives at the premiere of his new film \" the=\"\" royal=\"\" tenenbaums=\"\" in=\"\" los=\"\" angeles=\"\" december=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520941 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-685x960.jpg 685w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-770x1080.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326-856x1200.jpg 856w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326.jpg 1461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1232804326.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gene Hackman arrives at the premiere of his new film \u201cThe Royal Tenenbaums,\u201d in Los Angeles, 06 December 2001.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by LUCY NICHOLSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gene-hackman-and-betsy-arakawa-death-scene-continues-to-confound-investigators\">Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa death scene continues to confound investigators<\/h2>\n<p>Adding to the mystery is the fact that the Hollywood legend and his late wife were found dead in different parts of the house.<\/p>\n<p>One of the couple\u2019s dogs had passed away, but two others were still roaming the property.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, many presumed that the deaths were the result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/gene-hackman-cause-of-death-police-request-warrant-describe-actors-demise-as-suspicious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gas leak or carbon monoxide poisoning<\/a>, but those theories were eventually ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a professional medical examiner is positing a new possibility that might help explain how two seemingly unrelated deaths happened one week apart in the same residence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Gene Hackman signs a copy of his new book \" perdido=\"\" star=\"\" at=\"\" a=\"\" borders=\"\" book=\"\" store=\"\" in=\"\" chicago=\"\" april=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-960x653.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1080x735.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1200x817.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Gene Hackman signs a copy of his new book \" perdido=\"\" star=\"\" at=\"\" a=\"\" borders=\"\" book=\"\" store=\"\" in=\"\" chicago=\"\" april=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520793 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-960x653.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1080x735.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563-1200x817.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1511563.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Gene Hackman signs a copy of his new book \u201cPerdido Star\u201d at a Borders book store in Chicago April 28, 2000.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tim Boyle\/Newsmakers)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-medical-examiner-says-deaths-may-have-been-the-result-of-broken-heart-type-situation\">Medical examiner says deaths may have been the result of \u2018broken heart-type\u2019 situation<\/h2>\n<p>James Gill is the Chief Medical Examiner of the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. He\u2019s <em>not<\/em> participating in the investigation into Hackman and Arakawa\u2019s deaths, but ahead of the official findings, he shared his informed outsider\u2019s theory with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/gene-hackman-wife-betsy-broken-heart-type-thing-pathologist-says-exclusive-11691662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the initial kind of circumstances, it seems like he may have collapsed. He\u2019s got a history of heart disease. He\u2019s got a pacemaker. So that would not be unusual,\u201d Gill explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the unusual part is that why then did she also collapse? Assuming she would\u2019ve found him. Then you start wondering about: There is this thing where the stress of seeing someone die that could have triggered a natural death in her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill says the most likelt possibility is that Hackman \u201cfound [Arakawa] and was going out to get help or get his phone, and he then collapsed from the stress of that, too. Just as likely. He\u2019s older, he\u2019s got known heart disease. But the autopsy would certainly show if she had heart disease or cancer or what have you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Gene Hackman poses with his Cecil B. Demille Award backstage during the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 19, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California. \" class=\"wp-image-520794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-641x960.jpg 641w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-721x1080.jpg 721w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-802x1200.jpg 802w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-scaled.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Gene Hackman poses with his Cecil B. Demille Award backstage during the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 19, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California. \" class=\"wp-image-520794 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-641x960.jpg 641w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-721x1080.jpg 721w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-802x1200.jpg 802w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-scaled.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1743126-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Gene Hackman poses with his Cecil B. Demille Award backstage during the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 19, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Robert Mora\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ME explains that two natural deaths occurring around the same time \u201chas been known to happen, kind of a broken heart-type thing, almost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly finding your loved one dead on the floor that can increase your adrenaline and that stimulates your heart to beat faster, and that can put your heart into an irregular rhythm,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Gill notes that prescription pills were found scattered near Betsy\u2019s body, a detail that could be a clue. Perhaps she was engaged in a last-ditch effort to treat a known, existing illness.<\/p>\n<p>He explains that after finding a loved one, \u201cpeople get very despondent and they do something to take their own life, and that may be with pills or what have you. I think the toxicology workup will be helpful in excluding causes such as an intoxication or injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It now seems likely that Hackman was unable to seek help or alert the authorities to Arakawa\u2019s death because of his advanced Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-now-the-mystery-remains-unsolved\">For now, the mystery remains unsolved<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Gene Hackman pauses for a moment while signing copies of his first novel, \" perdido=\"\" star=\"\" at=\"\" a=\"\" borders=\"\" book=\"\" store=\"\" in=\"\" chicago=\"\" april=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-546x728.jpg 546w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-719x960.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-809x1080.jpg 809w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-899x1200.jpg 899w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Gene Hackman pauses for a moment while signing copies of his first novel, \" perdido=\"\" star=\"\" at=\"\" a=\"\" borders=\"\" book=\"\" store=\"\" in=\"\" chicago=\"\" april=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520805 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-546x728.jpg 546w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-719x960.jpg 719w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-809x1080.jpg 809w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301-899x1200.jpg 899w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1415301.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Gene Hackman pauses for a moment while signing copies of his first novel, \u201cPerdido Star\u201d at a Borders book store in Chicago April 28, 2000. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Tim Boyle\/Newsmakers)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gill concluded by cautioning that we won\u2019t have the full story until medical examiners complete their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the autopsy and the toxicology testing is what\u2019s needed to be seen in order to make that final determination,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOtherwise, it\u2019s kind of speculation at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since he made those remarks, the ME\u2019s office has announced their findings, but alas, many questions remain.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/gene-hackman-cause-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes It\u2019s been over a week since the world learned about the shocking deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. And for most of that time, the circumstances surrounding those deaths were completely baffling to investigators. Hackman was 95, so normally, his passing would not merit much of an investigation. 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