A longtime friend of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s believes the actor would have died “long ago” without his wife by his side. “She was very protective of him,” Tom Allin told the New York Times in ...

The mysterious death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife rattled and baffled the Santa Fe community. New details emerge about ...

In theaters “Black Bag,” directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, opens Friday. This thriller follows an intelligence agent suspected of betraying the country, ...

Worries about hantavirus are spreading online after news broke that the late Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, had passed ...

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman's causes of death have been revealed but the investigation remains open ...

Nancy Long Nancy Long, of Albuquerque, passed away February 26, 2025. She was 74 years old. Nancy was a retired special education teacher. She taught at Ernie Pyle Middle School and Hayes Middle ...

In late February, the couple was found dead in their New Mexico home, a heartrending end to the life they shared. Arakawa, 65 ...

Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces. It does not spread between people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that if hantavirus progresses to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, about 38% of people end up dying from the disease.

The actor died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a week after his wife died of hantavirus.

Gene Hackman died of heart disease, while his wife Betsy Arakawa's cause of death was hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. But questions remain about how their dog Zinna died in a crate.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman may not have realized his wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman was dead due to his advanced Alzheimer's disease, according to forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden.