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Legendary actor Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa Dead

 


Legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead  in their New Mexico home Wednesday. He was 95, and she was 63.

Santa Fe County police discovered the bodies of the two-time Oscar winner, the classical pianist and one of their three dogs while performing a welfare check. Two other canines survived.

Sheriff Adan Mendoza told the Santa Fe New Mexican early Thursday that no foul play was suspected.


Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa during 20th Annual People's Choice Awards.
Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe, NM, home Wednesday. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
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The couple was found dead alongside one of their dogs.Facebook / Animal Rescue, Inc.
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gene hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dogs
Two other dogs survived.Facebook / Animal Rescue, Inc.
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Their bodies had been in the house for at least a day, according to Sheriff Adan Mendoza.


However, Mendoza did not provide a cause of death or say when Hackman and Arakawa, who had been married since 1991, may have died.

His daughter Elizabeth told TMZ the family suspects carbon monoxide poisoning was to blame.

Mendoza told the outlet the bodies had been in the home for at least a day.

The couple were last photographed together in March 2024 while dining at a local restaurant.

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy smile in a black and white image.
No foul play was suspected, but the cause of death was not immediately known.ullstein bild via Getty Images
Gene Hackman and wife Betsy attend the DW Griffith Awards at the Equitable Center.
Hackman and Arakawa were married since 1991.Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
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Hackman won a best actor Oscar for his starring role in “The French Connection.”Bettmann Archive

Hackman — best known for his role in “The French Connection” (1971), which he claimed to have watched only once despite winning an Oscar for best actor for the film — celebrated his 95th birthday last month.

The iconic actor also starred in “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), “Young Frankenstein” (1974), “Night Moves” (1975), “Bite the Bullet” (1975), “Superman” (1978), Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” (1992), which earned him his second Academy Award, and “The Royal Tenenbaums” (2001).

Hackman’s prolific resume also included three Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which he received in 2003.

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa
The pair lived a private life and was last photographed in March 2024./ SplashNews.co


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