She was very protective of him,” a friend of Hackman's said of his beloved wife, Betsy Arakawa Gene Hackman would have likely died "long ago" without the help and support of his loving wife, Betsy Arakawa,

Investigators looking in to the death of Hollywood actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have explained how they think the couple's dog Zinna came to die. This is while the other two dogs owned by the celebrity couple were found to still be alive, despite their owners having died up to two weeks before their bodies were discovered.