(Update 03-09-2025) LA Times – His wife dead, an ailing Gene Hackman was stranded alone in his house for days, authorities believe.
(Update 03-7-2025) Huff Post: Gene Hackman And Wife Betsy Arakawa’s Causes Of Death Released. It seems to me in other words: Mr. Hackman who is in his 90s and has dementia, appears not aware of his wife’s passing and lived one more week on his own after his wife (who is 30 years younger) died suddenly. 用中文来说，有老年痴呆症的老先生好像没有意识到比他的年轻30岁的日本裔太太已经突然去世。虽然平常是他的太太照顾他，他自己一个人生活了一个礼拜。不知道他这一个礼拜是怎么过来的。而且因为他们是非常有钱的人，房子，院子也是巨大无比，我估计邻居一是平常不一定有交流，而是不会很容易看到他们家有啥异样。最后还是打扫院子的工人透过玻璃（窗或是门）发现的。当然类似的事情美国以外也偶尔有发生。
(CNN via YT) Actor Gene Hackman and his wife found dead in their New Mexico home || The CNN YT Video showed a lot of Tom Cruise and my memory of Gene Hackman is this move The Quick and the Dead.
(People Mag) All About Gene Hackman’s Wife, Classical Pianist Betsy Arakawa, Who Died Alongside the Actor and Their Dog
(Huffington Post) Close Friends Of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa Recall Family’s Last Conversation With Couple
Some of my thoughts
It sounds to me they committed suicide(s): but we will have to wait what the police has to say. Refer to CNN: Actor Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead in their home this week under ‘suspicious’ circumstances. Here’s what we know.
This also exposed one problem that’s hitting our modern society – and my dad (who lives in China) mentioned it in recent years too: that is the loneliness of elder/older people.
Also, I saw a unique problem in America: some people are dependent on, or more precisely, addicted to the prescription drugs and hard drugs such as Fentanyl. This is happening to people of all economy backgrounds: I recall Michael Jackson died from drug over-dose years ago.
For substance abuse, e.g., Fentanyl, Peter Santenello (YouTuber) has a good documentary Inside America’s #1 Epidemic. In St. Louis area in recent years, I saw increasingly some (homeless?) people asked for money at the busy intersections. I hope they are not on drugs. A related problem/issue I see (or I don’t understand) why the states are making cannabis (marijuana) legal in last few years – it seems both Dems and Republicans are supporting that.
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