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16-04-2025
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Gene Hackman's estranged children travel to Santa Fe as actor, wife laid to rest in private funeral service
Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman were laid to rest in a private funeral service more than one month after their bodies were discovered at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home, Fox News Digital confirmed. The late actor's three children, daughters Elizabeth and Leslie, and son Christopher, traveled to New Mexico for a "small, private memorial," according to People magazine. Betsy, a classical pianist, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to New Mexico officials. Gene died from hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributing factor. Gene Hackman's Home Found To Be Infested With Rodents After Wife Died Of Hantavirus The Hackmans and one of their dogs were found dead in their Santa Fe home on Feb. 26. The couple had been married for more than 30 years. Dispatch reports provided by the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department revealed Leslie called for a "welfare check" on her father's home at 5:53 p.m. the day their bodies were discovered. Read On The Fox News App Gene Hackman Judge Rules On Death Scene Images After Family Argues 'Grotesque' Pictures Could Cause Trauma Leslie told dispatch that she received a call "5-10 min ago" saying that her father and his wife were found dead in their house, and she wanted a "welfare check on them but doesn't know the actual address." The initial 911 call reporting an "unattended death" was received by dispatch at 1:43 p.m., according to records. The medical examiner arrived on scene at 10:53 p.m. Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya initially told Fox News Digital that authorities believed Gene and Betsy died in a similar timeframe. The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department later confirmed during a press conference that Betsy likely died on or around Feb. 11. After reviewing additional phone records, authorities noted that Betsy had used the device to make calls on Feb. 12. Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter Gene likely survived alone in the home for about a week, until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker. Authorities assumed this was his last day alive, as the Oscar winner's body was not discovered for nine more days. WATCH: DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE GENE HACKMAN, BETSY ARAKAWA'S HOME SEEN IN BODYCAM FOOTAGE Detectives initially described the couple's deaths as "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation," according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. Officials confirmed that no external trauma was seen on either Gene or Betsy, and New Mexico authorities promptly launched a criminal investigation into their article source: Gene Hackman's estranged children travel to Santa Fe as actor, wife laid to rest in private funeral service
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16-04-2025
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Gene Hackman's estranged children travel to Santa Fe as actor, wife laid to rest in private funeral service
Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman were laid to rest in a private funeral service more than one month after their bodies were discovered at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home, Fox News Digital confirmed. The late actor's three children, daughters Elizabeth and Leslie, and son Christopher, traveled to New Mexico for a "small, private memorial," according to People magazine. Betsy, a classical pianist, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to New Mexico officials. Gene died from hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributing factor. The Hackmans and one of their dogs were found dead in their Santa Fe home on Feb. 26. The couple had been married for more than 30 years. Dispatch reports provided by the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department revealed Leslie called for a "welfare check" on her father's home at 5:53 p.m. the day their bodies were discovered. Leslie told dispatch that she received a call "5-10 min ago" saying that her father and his wife were found dead in their house, and she wanted a "welfare check on them but doesn't know the actual address." The initial 911 call reporting an "unattended death" was received by dispatch at 1:43 p.m., according to records. The medical examiner arrived on scene at 10:53 p.m. Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya initially told Fox News Digital that authorities believed Gene and Betsy died in a similar timeframe. The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department later confirmed during a press conference that Betsy likely died on or around Feb. 11. After reviewing additional phone records, authorities noted that Betsy had used the device to make calls on Feb. 12. Gene likely survived alone in the home for about a week, until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker. Authorities assumed this was his last day alive, as the Oscar winner's body was not discovered for nine more days. WATCH: DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE GENE HACKMAN, BETSY ARAKAWA'S HOME SEEN IN BODYCAM FOOTAGE Detectives initially described the couple's deaths as "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation," according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. Officials confirmed that no external trauma was seen on either Gene or Betsy, and New Mexico authorities promptly launched a criminal investigation into their deaths.
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16-04-2025
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Investigators in Gene Hackman's death release footage from inside home, wife Betsy's online search history
Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, inquired about COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms multiple times before she died, according to a report obtained by Fox News Digital. Detectives with the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department also released footage from inside the Hackman home on the day their bodies were discovered in February. Through a search of Betsy's computer, investigators discovered an email Betsy sent to her massage therapist on Feb. 11 where she admitted Gene (G) took a "covid test" after experiencing "flu/cold-like symptoms." Prior to her email, Betsy had researched "COVID" at least four times before pursuing medical attention at the Cloudberry Health center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, documents showed. Gene Hackman's Home Found To Be Infested With Rodents After Wife Died Of Hantavirus With the release of the records as ordered by the First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County, sheriffs extended their appreciation to first responders, and offered sincere condolences to the Hackman family in their time of loss. Read On The Fox News App "Our statutory and fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers requires us to find compassionate and workable solutions that respect both public transparency requirements and a grieving family's dignity," Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said. Beginning Feb. 8 through 9, "multiple searches related to flu and COVID symptoms" were discovered in Betsy's Google search history, detectives reported. On Feb. 10, Betsy searched "flu and nosebleeds" at 11:52 a.m., followed one minute later with another search for "COVID nosebleeds." At 1:15 p.m., she searched, "Can COVID cause dizziness?" In an email correspondence with Katia Van Horn sent on Feb. 11 at 10:24 a.m., Betsy wrote, "So, G woke up today with flu/cold-like symptoms, did a COVID test, negative. But out of an abundance of caution, I should cancel my appt tomorrow and rebook, say, in a couple weeks, last week of Feb if something is available.." Gene Hackman Death: Bodycam Footage Reveals Wife Feared Being Followed Van Horn told investigators that she had not seen Gene "for over a year," but mentioned that he had previously "undergone surgery performed by a doctor in New York." Feb. 8-9, 2025 – Multiple searches related to flu and COVID symptoms Feb. 10, 2025 at 11:52 a.m. – "Flu and nosebleeds" Feb. 10, 2025 at 11:53 a.m. – "COVID nosebleeds" Feb. 10, 2025 at 1:15 p.m. – "Can COVID cause dizziness?" Feb. 12, 2025 at 8:59 a.m. – "How long do the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy last" Feb. 12, 2025 at 9:26 a.m. – "Cloudberry Health Santa Fe, New Mexico" Additionally, Van Horn saw Betsy on Feb. 5, and remembered the late pianist discussing a recent car accident where she had "hit a median with her vehicle" and needed to visit a Toyota repair shop. Like What You're Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News Betsy's final two search queries were on Feb. 12, including "How long do the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy last" at 8:59 a.m., and "Cloudberry Health Santa Fe, New Mexico" at 9:26 a.m. "This data suggests that Betsy was actively researching medical conditions related to COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms in the days leading up to her death," the report stated. The Hackmans, and one of their dogs, were found dead in their home on Feb. 26. The couple had been married for more than 30 years. In newly released video footage from the day authorities discovered Gene and Betsy's bodies, body camera footage revealed one of the Hackmans dogs protecting Betsy's body. Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter Bear and Nikita, the late couple's dogs, helped authorities find Gene and Betsy's bodies when officials arrived at their home in New Mexico. Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya explained the department immediately located Betsy in a bathroom after entering the front door of the New Mexico home. However, officials searched for nearly 30 minutes with no sign of Hackman. WATCH: AUTHORITIES SEARCH GENE HACKMAN, WIFE BETSY ARAKAWA HACKMAN'S HOME Detectives initially described the couple's deaths as "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation," according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. While paramedics and officers from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department searched the home, one of the couple's dogs kept running up to them. Authorities originally thought the dog wanted to play but later realized the pup was trying to help. One of Hackman and Betsy's dogs died, but two remained alive at the home and were able to roam through an open back door. The deceased dog, Zinna, likely died from dehydration and starvation, according to the report, which specified the dog's stomach was empty. Zinna's body was discovered in a crate that was in a closet about "10 to 15" feet away from where Betsy's body was found on the floor of the bathroom. Betsy, a classical pianist, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to New Mexico officials. Gene died from hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributing factor. Gene likely survived alone in the home for about a week, until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker. Authorities assumed this was his last day alive, as the Oscar winner's body was not discovered for nine more article source: Investigators in Gene Hackman's death release footage from inside home, wife Betsy's online search history
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15-04-2025
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Investigators in Gene Hackman's death release footage from inside home, wife Betsy's online search history
Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, inquired about COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms multiple times before she died, according to a report obtained by Fox News Digital. Detectives with the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department also released footage from inside the Hackman home on the day their bodies were discovered in February. Through a search of Betsy's computer, investigators discovered an email Betsy sent to her massage therapist on Feb. 11 where she admitted Gene (G) took a "covid test" after experiencing "flu/cold-like symptoms." Prior to her email, Betsy had researched "COVID" at least four times before pursuing medical attention at the Cloudberry Health center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, documents showed. With the release of the records as ordered by the First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County, sheriffs extended their appreciation to first responders, and offered sincere condolences to the Hackman family in their time of loss. "Our statutory and fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers requires us to find compassionate and workable solutions that respect both public transparency requirements and a grieving family's dignity," Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said. Beginning Feb. 8 through 9, "multiple searches related to flu and COVID symptoms" were discovered in Betsy's Google search history, detectives reported. On Feb. 10, Betsy searched "flu and nosebleeds" at 11:52 a.m., followed one minute later with another search for "COVID nosebleeds." At 1:15 p.m., she searched, "Can COVID cause dizziness?" In an email correspondence with Katia Van Horn sent on Feb. 11 at 10:24 a.m., Betsy wrote, "So, G woke up today with flu/cold-like symptoms, did a COVID test, negative. But out of an abundance of caution, I should cancel my appt tomorrow and rebook, say, in a couple weeks, last week of Feb if something is available.." Van Horn told investigators that she had not seen Gene "for over a year," but mentioned that he had previously "undergone surgery performed by a doctor in New York." Additionally, Van Horn saw Betsy on Feb. 5, and remembered the late pianist discussing a recent car accident where she had "hit a median with her vehicle" and needed to visit a Toyota repair shop. Betsy's final two search queries were on Feb. 12, including "How long do the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy last" at 8:59 a.m., and "Cloudberry Health Santa Fe, New Mexico" at 9:26 a.m. "This data suggests that Betsy was actively researching medical conditions related to COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms in the days leading up to her death," the report stated. The Hackmans, and one of their dogs, were found dead in their home on Feb. 26. The couple had been married for more than 30 years. In newly released video footage from the day authorities discovered Gene and Betsy's bodies, body camera footage revealed one of the Hackmans dogs protecting Betsy's body. Bear and Nikita, the late couple's dogs, helped authorities find Gene and Betsy's bodies when officials arrived at their home in New Mexico. Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya explained the department immediately located Betsy in a bathroom after entering the front door of the New Mexico home. However, officials searched for nearly 30 minutes with no sign of Hackman. WATCH: AUTHORITIES SEARCH GENE HACKMAN, WIFE BETSY ARAKAWA HACKMAN'S HOME Detectives initially described the couple's deaths as "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation," according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. While paramedics and officers from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department searched the home, one of the couple's dogs kept running up to them. Authorities originally thought the dog wanted to play but later realized the pup was trying to help. One of Hackman and Betsy's dogs died, but two remained alive at the home and were able to roam through an open back door. The deceased dog, Zinna, likely died from dehydration and starvation, according to the report, which specified the dog's stomach was empty. Zinna's body was discovered in a crate that was in a closet about "10 to 15" feet away from where Betsy's body was found on the floor of the bathroom. Betsy, a classical pianist, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to New Mexico officials. Gene died from hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributing factor. Gene likely survived alone in the home for about a week, until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker. Authorities assumed this was his last day alive, as the Oscar winner's body was not discovered for nine more days.
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18-03-2025
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Gene Hackman death investigation: Doctor claims Betsy 'didn't know how sick she was' in final days
Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa-Hackman - who was initially thought to have died on or around Feb. 11 due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - allegedly did not know the extent of her illness in her final days. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Josiah Child - a physician who oversees Cloudberry Health, the medical practice that Betsy called on Feb. 12 according to preliminary phone records - said the late classical pianist did not initially express symptoms of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. "[Betsy] had actually made an appointment to have an initial visit with one of our doctors on the 12th," Dr. Child said. "She called on the 10th saying that her husband was ill or wanted to take care of her husband. She wanted to cancel that appointment. She called back on the 12th and [looking for] advice. She said, 'I have some congestion and I just want some advice. What can I do for it.?' She had no shortness of breath or chest pain or fever or anything like that. Our receptionist spoke to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Well, I've never met her. We have to have an initial appointment.'" On Monday, the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department confirmed that Betsy's last cell phone activity was Feb. 12, the day after she was initially presumed to have died. "We can now confirm that Mrs. Hackman's phone was utilized on the morning of February 12 to call a medical center in Santa Fe, Cloudberry Health," the sheriff's department told Fox News Digital. "A total of three calls were made that morning, all to the medical center. One incoming call was made to Mrs. Hackman from the same medical center that afternoon." According to Dr. Child, the practice scheduled Betsy for a 1 p.m. appointment on Feb. 12 after she called that morning, but she never showed up. The practice then called Betsy, but there was no answer. "If we had known the patient and known that they had a medical condition or something, then if we try and call them and they didn't call back, we would be more aggressive about finding out what's going on," said Dr. Child. "But in this case, I think, since the doctor had never seen the patient, it was unclear whether maybe she found another doctor or went somewhere else." "We assumed since she'd never come before that she'd gone somewhere else or maybe to her previous doctor," he added. Dr. Child said it sounded like Betsy was "starting to feel ill" but was not fully aware of how sick she was actually becoming. "I don't know whether it was because she was focusing on her husband or because it was a rapidly progressive disease, or she was just one of those people that didn't really feel a lot of discomfort. No one will ever know," he said. "But for some reason she didn't recognize that she was becoming very ill with the second phase of Hantavirus, which invades the lungs." "She just didn't know how sick she was becoming," he added. "But for some reason she didn't recognize that she was becoming very ill with the second phase of Hantavirus, which invades the lungs. She just didn't know how sick she was becoming." Betsy died due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is transmitted from animals to humans and is commonly found in rodents, the New Mexico Department of Health confirmed. Hantavirus is characterized by "flu-like symptoms consisting of fever, muscle aches, cough, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea that can progress to shortness of breath and cardiac or heart failure and lung failure," Chief Medical Investigator Dr. Heather Jarrell explained during the news conference. Hackman died due to hypertensive atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributing factor, New Mexico officials confirmed one week ago. He was likely alone in the home for about a week until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker. WATCH: GENE HACKMAN AND WIFE'S CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED On Monday, the Hackman estate was awarded a temporary restraining order against the release of records regarding the deaths of Gene and Betsy. The order stated the "Office of the Medical Investigator and the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, including each entities' agents, assigns, and employees are hereby temporarily restrained from disclosing through IPRA or other means, any and all photographs or videos containing images of the following: the body of Gene Hackman, the body of Betsy Arakawa-Hackman, the interior of Mr. and Mrs. Hackman's residence." Additionally, "any lapel video footage," including the Hackmans' bodies or footage of "images of any deceased animals at the Hackman residence," was added to the temporary restraining order. The Office of the Medical Investigator was temporarily restrained from disclosing the autopsy and/or death reports, according to the order. A hearing was set for March 31.
