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Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus in February, after experiencing flu-like symptoms and searching online for Covid-related information. Police records reveal she sought medical help but never received it. Her 95-year-old husband, suffering from Alzheimer's, died of heart disease six days later. Their bodies were discovered a week later at their New Mexico home, where a dog also perished from starvation. The release of the sheriff's records was challenged by the family but ultimately released under New Mexico's freedom of information laws.

Prepared by Olivia Bennett and reviewed by editorial team.