A share of letters and notes gives an overview of the life of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, who were released as part of the investigation into their tragic death earlier this year, the Los Angeles Times Reports.
At the time of his death, Hackman had fought against Alzheimer’s disease and Arakawa was his main dispenser of care. The notes between them offer not only a window on the relationship of a long-term couple (they were married in 1991), but also to make a gesture towards the challenges of Alzheimer, both for those who live with this one and those of their caregivers.
Arakawa, for example, would have written detailed notes on hackman medicines and the doctor’s appointments. She also frequently left hackman notes in the house, telling her where she was or what she was doing (like taking one of their dogs in a course of obedience or doing yoga).
Hackman’s notes, for their part, show that the actor seemed to keep a sense of humor which was light and sometimes self-fulfilled. From a visit to a doctor, for example, he said to Arakawa – often called “charming girl” – he had “left to see the sorcerer, the magician of the Pokie realization. She stabs me here, she stabs me there, she stabs me almost everywhere.
In another letter, Hackman even seemed to recognize and shed light on his decreasing memory. “I go to this building in front of the hot water where you sit down and do everything people are supposed to do in such a building-I may remember once I got there,” he wrote.
While Hackman signed his letters “Love G”, he signed it, “like what his name is”.
However, his notes sometimes alluded to more difficult times, as when he wished Arakawa a happy late birthday and wrote to him: “Sorry always for dinner and have to ask for your help, although it was appreciated.”
In addition to the letters, the authorities of Santa FE investigating the death of Hackman and Arakawa published new photos of the couple’s home, images of the police of the police body and an environmental assessment. The succession of Hackman had previously obtained a temporary order to seal all the files related to the investigation, but a judge then canceled this decision on the condition that no photos or videos showed the couple’s bodies.
Hackman and Arakawa were found dead in their santa Fe home in February, with a medical examiner, finally judging that they died about six days apart. Arakawa was probably died on February 11 from Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare and deadly respiratory disease by rodents (the environmental assessment released this week revealed that the excrement, nests and dead rodents were found on the property of the couple, but not in the main house). Hackman died on February 18 from heart disease, with his allheimer factor also advanced.
