Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s Heartbreaking Love Letters Present in Home

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa had been nonetheless head over heels in love proper up till their tragic deaths — a stack of affection notes discovered on their property makes that heartbreakingly clear.

Santa Fe authorities launched the touching notes — in a single, Hackman sweetly thanked Betsy, who had been caring for him via his superior Alzheimer’s, for serving to him make her personal birthday dinner, and signing it off with, “Love you and the blokes, G.”

It was clear the pair — who married in 1991 — cherished the old-school manner of displaying affection … with Gene calling Betsy a “beautiful lady,” and in one other be aware saying he was pondering of her.

Gene saved it playful as he seemingly referenced his well being struggles in one more, writing … “Ho, Ho, I’m off to see the Wizard, the Wizz of Achie, Pokie. She stabs me right here and stabs me there, she stabs me virtually in every single place (virtually). However I survive as a result of after I’m nonetheless alive. (However typically simply barely)”

It wasn’t simply Gene — Betsy was writing again too, holding him within the loop in regards to the errands she was operating and what she was as much as throughout her day.

Authorities additionally revealed the final voicemail the couple acquired was February 26 — the day earlier than information of their deaths went public.

It’s unclear precisely when these notes had been written, however in Betsy’s last days, she was busy on the web, trying to find information on COVID signs Gene was displaying, together with dizziness and nosebleeds, which she additionally could have been experiencing.

Her last search on the morning of Feb. 12 was for a healthcare supplier in Santa Fe — and she or he handed away later that day, from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Gene died a couple of days later, round Feb. 17 or 18, from coronary heart illness and superior Alzheimer’s.