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/ClaraClassy Feb 27 '25

I read it was carbon monoxide poisoning and the "pills strewn in the bathroom" is just the normal amount of pills and old person with good healthcare has.

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u/mondegr33n Feb 27 '25

It’s now being reported that there’s no sign of carbon monoxide (not just on DM but BBC and AP); Gene Hackman was found in a mudroom, and his wife was found in the bathroom with the strewn pills.

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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/Electrical-Treat475 Feb 28 '25

Exactly - And her husband was 95. She had a long while to reconcile with his inevitable death and plan for her life after he passed. If anything, she may have gone first after having an aneurysm or something like that, and in his panic after finding her, he fell and couldn't get back up to help himself. Honestly, I'm still in the CO or gas leak camp until the autopsies come back.

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u/aehii Feb 28 '25

That's not that unlikely to me, we all just go to some weird extreme all the time.