Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, new twist: the pianist’s cell phone shifts the date of death

The mystery that for weeks surrounded the death of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa – Found lifeless on Wednesday 26 February in their home in New Mexico – does not seem to have still unraveled. In recent days, the investigators, after the self -pouring of the spouses, seemed to have solved the yellow. Establishing that the legendary actor, twice Oscar winner, had died of heart problems about a week after his wife, hit by one lung syndrome transmitted by mice excrementshad collapsed lifeless on the bathroom floor. The coroner for Betsy’s death had provided a precise date: theFebruary 11th. But now from the analysis of the Arakawa mobile phone it turns out that the pianist, On February 12, he called a medical clinic three timesthe Cloudberry Health. And who also responded to a phone call from the same study.

Dr. Josiah Child, who directs the clinic, explained to the BBC that the woman in her phone call «described a malaise linked to congestionbut has not mentioned any breathing difficulty, lack of breath or chest pain ». Betsy He had initially set an appointment with the clinic for February 12, but he canceled it on 10, explaining that he had to take care of his husband. On the morning of the 12th, however, he again called to ask for help, and he was replied to present himself for a visit in the afternoon. “It did not come. Our office has recalled several times without receiving any response»Explained Child.

The autopsy had set death of Arakawa for pulmonary syndrome from HantaVirus to 11 February, when the woman exchanged the last e-mails with a masseur and visited a food, a pharmacy and a pet shop. Now the analyzes of his mobile phone have moved the date of death. Hackman’s, at least at the moment, remains set to February 18, the day when the his pacemaker stopped working. The date of the date is essential to understand who will go about 80 million dollars of gene assets. The star in his will left everything to his wife, excluding the Three children – Christopher, 65 years old, Elizabeth, 62 and Leslie, 58 – born from First wedding with Fay Maltese. However, if Betsy had really died before Gene the children of him, although excluded from the will, based on the American law they would inherit everything.

That Gene Hackman had deployed the offspring from his will did not surprise anyone. At least in the entertainment world, where Everyone knew how far the star and his children were distant. Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie after his father’s divorce from their mother had always moved away. So much so that, after the death of Gene and Betsy, Elizabeth while saying he “very united” to his father admitted: “I hadn’t been talking to him for a couple of months, but everything was normal and everything was fine. Despite his age, Dad was in excellent physical condition and loved to do pilates and yoga ». A version contradicted by a couple of neighbors of the deceased spouses, who a People They explained that Gene’s health conditions, affected as well as heart problems with a serious form of Alzheimer’s, “in recent months they had collapsed. For some time he had no longer left the house ».