Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease around a week after his wife Betsy Arakawa died of a rare infectious disease at their home, a pathologist has said. But what do we know about the rare virus?

Betsy Arakawa, the wife of legendary actor Gene Hackman, succumbed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome a few days before her husband passed away from heart disease. New Mexico state and local ...

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Hackman were found dead at his Santa Fe, New Mexico Home with their dead pet dog. Now Chief Medical Examiner for New Mexico at the office of the ...

Actor Gene Hackman, 95, died of heart disease last month, while his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, passed away a week earlier due to hantavirus. The virus, commonly linked to rodent droppings ...

(NEXSTAR) – A medical examiner confirmed Friday that Betsy Arakawa, a concert pianist and wife of Gene Hackman, died of illness caused by hantavirus. Arakawa and Hackman, along with one of their ...

By Hank Sanders and Michael Levenson Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.

Gene was suffering from severe heart disease and advanced Alzheimer's disease, while Betsy suffered from hantavirus, which is spread through rodent droppings Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa ...

The causes of death of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been revealed, the chief medical examiner announced Friday, nine days after the couple was found dead in their ...

Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced Friday. Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their ...

Authorities say hantavirus is blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced ...