Gene Hackman’s reported $80 million estate is at the center of legal drama — one year after the legendary actor’s heartbreaking death. Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their ...

Gene Hackman believed his wife Betsy Arakawa was the reason he lived as long as he did, according to one of the actor’s longtime friends. “She was very protective of him,” Tom Allin recently told The ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman's last few days were retraced by New Mexico authorities as they worked backward to solve the mystery of their deaths. On Friday, officials revealed Gene's cause ...

Gene Hackman's late wife Betsy was named the successor trustee to his living trust, but it remains unclear whom the beneficiaries of that trust are Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies ...

Authorities determined that Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome—a disease spread by rodents that can cause flu-like symptoms—nearly a month ago. She was last seen alive on Feb. 11, ...

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and ...