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Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa found dead: Their private life in photos

Feb. 28, 2025, 9:40 p.m. ET
Gene Hackman , the two-time Oscar-winning actor, has died along with his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa , in February 2025. Once a dazzling actor for decades , Hackman largely retreated from his lavish Hollywood life , with Arakawa later by his side, to lowkey Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he had lived at least partly since the 1980s. The pair tied the knot in 1991, five years after he split from his first wife of 30 years, Faye Maltese. Revisit their love story in photos, starting with the pair attending the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 19, 2003.
Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar-winning actor, has died along with his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, in February 2025. Once a dazzling actor for decades, Hackman largely retreated from his lavish Hollywood life, with Arakawa later by his side, to lowkey Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he had lived at least partly since the 1980s. The pair tied the knot in 1991, five years after he split from his first wife of 30 years, Faye Maltese. Revisit their love story in photos, starting with the pair attending the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 19, 2003.
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The private pair were last pictured leaving lunch at a Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen location in Santa Fe in March of last year, according to paparazzi photos obtained by People magazine and Page Six. In this photo, Hackman and his wife are with daughters Leslie and Elizabeth at the premiere of "The Chamber" on Oct. 2, 1996.
The private pair were last pictured leaving lunch at a Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen location in Santa Fe in March of last year, according to paparazzi photos obtained by People magazine and Page Six. In this photo, Hackman and his wife are with daughters Leslie and Elizabeth at the premiere of "The Chamber" on Oct. 2, 1996.
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Hackman and Arakawa met at the gym, where she worked, according to a profile of the late actor published in The New York Times Magazine in 1989.
Hackman and Arakawa met at the gym, where she worked, according to a profile of the late actor published in The New York Times Magazine in 1989.
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"For the last five years, he has been living quietly with a 28-year-old woman named Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist he met while she was working part-time in a California fitness center. They share a two-bedroom adobe house on a wide brown plain outside Santa Fe," the article said at the time. Arakawa was 30 years younger than Hackman.
"For the last five years, he has been living quietly with a 28-year-old woman named Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist he met while she was working part-time in a California fitness center. They share a two-bedroom adobe house on a wide brown plain outside Santa Fe," the article said at the time. Arakawa was 30 years younger than Hackman.
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Gene Hackman holds his Oscar for best supporting actor as he walks with wife Betsy Arakawa at the 65th Academy Awards on March 29, 1993.
Gene Hackman holds his Oscar for best supporting actor as he walks with wife Betsy Arakawa at the 65th Academy Awards on March 29, 1993.
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa attend 63rd annual National Board of Review Awards on Feb. 24, 1992, in New York City.
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa attend 63rd annual National Board of Review Awards on Feb. 24, 1992, in New York City.
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa during 66th annual Academy Awards on March 21, 1994.
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa during 66th annual Academy Awards on March 21, 1994.
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