{"id":22818,"date":"2025-02-27T18:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22818"},"modified":"2025-02-27T18:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:14:26","slug":"gene-hackman-and-wife-betsy-arakawa-found-dead-in-different-rooms-for-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22818","title":{"rendered":"Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in different rooms for ‘some time’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More details surrounding Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s death have now been revealed after the married couple were found dead in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday (26 February).<\/p>\n

A search warrant from police in Santa Fe has now revealed that Hackman and Arakawa had been dead for ‘some time’ and were found in different rooms.<\/p>\n

Hackman was found dead in a mudroom – a room designed for dirty or wet footwear and clothing – while Arakawa was found dead in a bathroom.<\/p>\n

Police said there was an open prescription bottle along with several pills scattered on the countertop near where Arakawa was found.<\/p>\n

Authorities has confirmed that foul play isn’t suspected, but they haven’t disclosed how the couple died.<\/p>\n

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Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, were found dead in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday (26 February) (Jeffrey Mayer \/ Contributor \/ Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

An initial statement from the Santa Fe County Sheriff in New Mexico previously said there was an ‘active investigation’ into the death stating: “We can confirm that both Gene Hackman and his wife were\u00a0found deceased<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday afternoon at their residence on Sunset Trail.<\/p>\n

“This is an active investigation \u2013 however, at this time we do not believe that foul play was a factor.”<\/p>\n

According\u00a0to<\/a>\u00a0the Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said in an interview that there was no immediate indication of foul play in the pair’s death.<\/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,” Mendoza stated.<\/p>\n

He added: “I want to assure the community and neighbourhood that there’s no immediate danger to anyone.”<\/p>\n

The tragic news came a year after the pair were last spotted in public together,\u00a0having gone over two decades before that without being seen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The couple tied the knot back in 1991 (Donaldson Collection \/ Contributor \/ Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Hackman, who enjoyed a decade-spanning Hollywood career earning earning two\u00a0Academy Awards<\/a>\u00a0and four\u00a0Golden Globes<\/a>, and classical pianist Arakawa tied the knot in 1991.<\/p>\n

In the 1980s, the pair packed up their belongings and left La La Land for the peace and quiet of New Mexico before Hackman eventually announced he was retiring from showbiz.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t held a press conference to announce retirement, but yes, I’m not going to act any longer,” he\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Reuters in 2008. “I really don’t want to do it any longer.”<\/p>\n

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Hackman and Arakawa have remained largely out of the public eye (Donaldson Collection \/ Contributor \/ Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Since then, the couple had kept to themselves with Arakawa in particular being extremely private with no known social media or interviews about herself or her love life – something which Hackman said influenced their decision to live in Santa Fe.<\/p>\n

“Where we live, in Santa Fe, you can lead your own life and not be bothered by the latest gossip,” he\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the Irish Independent back in 2000.<\/p>\n

While Hackman and Arakawa don’t have children together, she was the stepmother to the\u00a0Heartbreakers\u00a0<\/em>star’s three children from his previous marriage to Faye Maltese.<\/p>\n

“It’s tough being the son or daughter of a celebrity,” Hackman continued. “I couldn’t always be home with them when they were growing up and then, living in California, they’ve had my success always hanging over their heads.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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