Feb 27, 2025 · Betsy Machiko Arakawa Hackman (December 15, 1959 – c. February 11, 2025) was an American classical pianist, businesswoman, and socialite. She was the second wife of actor Gene Hackman . [ 1 ]

3 days ago · A mask, a cane and a frantic dog: Inside the final hours of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Arakawa was already dead, splayed on a bathroom floor of the Santa Fe home she shared with Hackman, who ...

4 days ago · 3 of 8 | . Dr. Erin Phipps, New Mexico State Veterinarian with the New Mexico Department of Health, at podium, Santa Fe County Sheriff, Adan Mendoza, and Dr. Heather Jarrell, chief medical investigator for the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, center, hold a news conference to talk about the cause of death for Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa in Santa Fe, N.M. (Eddie Moore ...

Mar 3, 2025 · Gene Hackman died of heart disease, wife died of hantavirus days earlier, officials say 35:59. Questions have swirled around the deaths of Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog after ...

Feb 27, 2025 · Betsy Arakawa met Gene Hackman in the 1980s when she was working part-time at a fitness center in Los Angeles and trying to make it as a classical musician. ... Betsy Machiko Arakawa was born on ...

4 days ago · Betsy Arakawa and Gene Hackman at the Academy Awards in 1989. ... Before Gene Hackman faded from public view in his adopted hometown of Santa Fe, N.M., the locals would see the aging movie star on ...

5 days ago · Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes about a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa, who died after contracting a rare virus, a New Mexico medical investigator has said. Hackman, 95 ...

Feb 27, 2025 · Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife — a businesswoman who was a steadfast companion of the screen legend and had musical talents of her own — died alongside him Wednesday.

Feb 27, 2025 · Initial findings from preliminary autopsies performed on Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, show there was “no external trauma to either individual,” the Santa Fe ...

5 days ago · Authorities unraveled the mysterious circumstances and revealed that Arakawa likely died Feb. 11 at home from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by infected rodent droppings. Hackman, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s, apparently was unaware that his wife was dead. “He was in a very poor state of health.