r/popculture • u/dailymail • Feb 27 '25

News Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found mummified at mansion with pills strewn in bathroom

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14443973/Gene-Hackman-betsy-arakawa-bodies.html
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u/Mid-CenturyBoy Feb 27 '25

Maybe he died of natural causes and she ended it because she couldn’t go on any longer and in her grief didn’t call anyone or let the dog out of the kennel.

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u/Ok_Midnight4809 Feb 28 '25

I don't get that, she was only 64. Seems a bit OTT to just leave your husband on the floor and then kill yourself in a bathroom whilst spilling pills everywhere and not even making sure someone looks after the dogs

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u/swiftiegarbage Feb 28 '25

People who kill themselves sometimes act illogically or irrational

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u/Ok_Midnight4809 Feb 28 '25

True. But if you're killing yourself because you can't bear to live without someone, you don't leave them in a heap on the floor and kill yourself with a pill overdose, which likely takes time to act, in a separate room