Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.

Actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes, New Mexico’s chief medical examiner said today. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of ...

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Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus infection about a week before her husband did, state and local officials said Friday. The two-time Oscar winner likely died of heart ...

Dr. Heather Jarrell, chief medical examiner in New Mexico, provided a robust update on the case Friday afternoon.

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Experts weigh in on the fatal disease.

Hackman, 95, died of cardiovascular and Alzheimer's disease likely around Feb. 18, about one week after his wife died from a ...

His wife, 65, likely died about a week before him of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease often spread by rodents in the Southwest. She was last known alive on Feb. 11, investigators said.

Here's what you need to know about hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has killed at least 34 ...

Betsy Arakawa died from a respiratory illness linked to a rare virus transmitted by infected rodents. Here's what to know ...

Authorities say hantavirus is blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa. The rare virus is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces.