The exact details may never be known, but Mr. Hackman, 95 with advanced Alzheimer’s, was alone for about a week after his wife and sole caregiver died.
For years, actor Gene Hackman’s doting wife Betsy Arakawa would do whatever she could to help keep him healthy, whether it meant wearing a mask everywhere she went or encouraging him to stay fit by riding his bike or doing yoga on Zoom.
Betsy Arakawa, wife of actor Gene Hackman, died of a hantavirus infection a full week before her husband. Medical experts have said it has a low mortality rate and was mostly spread by rodents.