{"id":22809,"date":"2025-02-27T18:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22809"},"modified":"2025-02-27T18:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:06:51","slug":"touching-detail-gene-hackman-revealed-about-marriage-to-betsy-arakawa-before-being-found-dead-together-at-their-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22809","title":{"rendered":"Touching detail Gene Hackman revealed about marriage to Betsy Arakawa before being found dead together at their home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman shared one thing he and wife of almost 34 years, Betsy Arakawa, enjoyed doing together before tragically being found dead together.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bodies of the 95-year-old and his classical pianist partner were discovered at their home in the Santa Fe Summit community northeast of the city, in New\u00a0Mexico<\/a>, yesterday evening (26 February), with officials stating there is no indication of foul play.<\/p>\n

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza\u00a0confirmed the deaths of Hackman<\/a>, the 63-year-old and their pet dog during a statement yesterday.<\/p>\n

“All I can say is that we’re in the middle of a preliminary death investigation, waiting on approval of a search warrant,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa pose for a portrait in 1986 in Los Angeles, California (Donaldson Collection\/Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“I want to assure the community and neighbourhood that there\u2019s no immediate danger to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mendoza did not comment on the cause of death or when the couple might have died.<\/p>\n

The two-time\u00a0Academy Awards<\/a>-winning actor retired from acting in 2004, with more than 100 acting roles under his belt, and subsequently vacated\u00a0Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0with Betsy and moved to New Mexico.<\/p>\n

The pair lived a private life, with Hackman rarely agreeing to be interviewed – underlined by his retirement announcement four years later.<\/p>\n

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Hackman and Betsy at the 61st Annual Academy Awards in 1989 (Ron Galella\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

At the time he told Reuters: “I haven’t held a press conference to announce retirement, but yes, I’m not going to act any longer. I really don’t want to do it any longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve been told not to say that over the last few years, in case some real wonderful part comes up, but I really don’t want to do it any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2009, Hackman was asked how retirement was going during an interview\u00a0with<\/a>\u00a0Empire, and revealed touching intimate details about his and Betsy’s\u00a0life<\/a>\u00a0together.<\/p>\n

“We like simple stories that some of the little low-budget films manage to produce,” the\u00a0Hollywood<\/a>\u00a0veteran said, as he explained they regularly watch DVDs that Betsy rents.<\/p>\n

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Betsy and husband Hackman pictured back in 1996 (Jan Jarecki\/Penske Media via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

With the publication writing how Hackman shared that on Friday nights the pair enjoy a Comedy Channel marathon, the highlight of which tends to be performances by Eddie Izzard – who the pensioner applauded for her ‘amazing’ ‘speed of thought’.<\/p>\n

Hackman and Betsy started dating in the mid-80s and before getting married in 1991, but clarified that he did not abandon his first wife Faye Maltese for her.<\/p>\n

He said: “By the way, I did not leave my real-life wife for a younger woman. We just drifted apart. We lost sight of each other. When you work in this business, marriage takes a great deal of work and\u00a0love<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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