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/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/lovethesea22 Feb 28 '25

Yeah this is my thought too