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Heartbreaking details have surfaced regarding the final days of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, following their deaths on February 26.<\/p>\n
Betsy, 65 years old, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, an uncommon illness transmitted by rodents.<\/p>\n
Gene<\/a>, 95, is believed to have died days afterward, with advanced heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease<\/a> listed as contributing factors, leading medical professionals to speculate he may have been unaware of his wife’s death during those final days. This comes after a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has caused worldwide panic.<\/a><\/p>\n Released bodycam footage provides a harrowing glimpse into the couple’s final hours, especially significant for Betsy, who had been treating what she believed were Covid symptoms.<\/p>\n Documentation from February 11 reveals that Betsy purchased oxygen canisters through Amazon, indicating a requirement for “respiratory support,” suggesting either she or Gene was experiencing breathing difficulties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some health advocates claim that routine use of oxygen canisters may help alleviate fatigue and act as a detoxifying agent.<\/p>\n Adding to the tragic circumstances, law enforcement authorities disclosed discovering multiple desperate Google searches made by Betsy related to her medical concerns.<\/p>\n Her browsing history showed searches for Covid-like symptoms on her laptop, dated February 8 and 12, shortly before her death, underscoring her pressing health anxieties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The search history uncovered two unusual symptoms later linked to a hantavirus infection, including queries such as “can Covid cause dizziness?” and “Flu and nosebleeds” appearing in the records.<\/p>\n Hantavirus frequently presents with severe headaches, a symptom documented in approximately half of all cases. Nosebleeds occurred less frequently, heightening Betsy’s fears of a potential misdiagnosis.<\/p>\n Betsy’s internet search activity reveals a heartbreaking narrative of her final days, providing a poignant record of the challenges the couple endured. Suspecting her symptoms might be COVID-19-related, despite negative test results, she informed her masseuse that Gene was displaying flu- or cold-like symptoms, though he had tested negative for the virus as well.<\/p>\n She opted to exercise extreme caution, canceling her massage appointment “out of an abundance of caution.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heartbreaking details have surfaced regarding the final days of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, following their deaths on February 26. Betsy, 65 years old, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, an uncommon illness transmitted by rodents. Gene, 95, is believed to have died days afterward, with advanced heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease listed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2407886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[389682,470709,347953,470710,470708],"class_list":["post-2407885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-betsy-arakawa","tag-gene-hackman","tag-hantavirus","tag-viruses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gene-Hackman-wife-Betsy-Arakawas-final-hours-and-hantavirus-death.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407887,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407885\/revisions\/2407887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}