By EVE BUCKLAND and BRITTANY CHAIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 22:14 BST, 29 April 2025 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 29 April 2025

Harrowing new details have emerged from Gene Hackman’s wife’s autopsy after she died from a rat-borne virus.

Legendary actor Hackman, 95, and wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found dead and partially mummified in their Santa Fe mansion on February 26 2025.

After much speculation, it was revealed Arakawa had died from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in their bathroom days before Hackman passed.

Per her autopsy report, Arakawa  had fluid accumulation in her chest and mild hardening of the vessels that supplied blood to the heart and body at the time of her death.

Harrowing new details have emerged from Gene Hackman's wife's autopsy after she died from a rat-borne virus; pictured together in 2003 in Beverly Hills

Harrowing new details have emerged from Gene Hackman’s wife’s autopsy after she died from a rat-borne virus; pictured together in 2003 in Beverly Hills

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Harrowing new detail in Gene Hackman wife’s autopsy revealed after she was killed by rat-borne virus

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