\u201cThere will be some buyers that are just adverse to purchasing a property where a death has occurred,\u201d real estate agent Tara S. Earley told the publication, per People<\/a>. \u201cThere are other buyers for whom that doesn\u2019t matter. We are selling the property on its virtues and all of the positives.\u201d<\/p>\n The six-bedroom home is on the market almost one year after the French Connection actor, 95, and his wife, 65, were found dead there<\/a> on February 26, 2025.<\/p>\n MEGA<\/p>\n Hackman\u2019s body was discovered in a mudroom, and Arakawa was found in a bathroom, per People.<\/p>\n The Unforgiven actor died from Alzheimer\u2019s and heart disease roughly seven days after his wife of 34 years died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare illness contracted through contact with infected rats or their urine, saliva or droppings.<\/p>\n As Globe previously reported<\/a>, the home was excessively filled with belongings at the time of their deaths.<\/p>\n Given the state of the property, an insider told Globe, \u201cThat\u2019s part of the reason why Betsy didn\u2019t get a housekeeper or a full-time nurse for Gene.\u201d<\/p>\n MEGA<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve heard she was ashamed given the condition of the property,\u201d the source added. \u201cBefore she could do something about the situation, it was too late.\u201d<\/p>\n Photos show that the couple seemingly hoarded multiple articles of clothing, shoe boxes and various other items that left closets and cabinets overflowing.<\/p>\n The late Academy Award-winning actor purchased the home in the 1990s.<\/p>\n This story Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa\u2019s Home Where They Died Hits the Market for More Than $6 Million<\/a> first appeared on Globe<\/a>. Add Globe as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Santa Fe, New Mexico, home that legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[124841,321,93,81571,61,60,2648,4310,124843,124842,28647],"class_list":{"0":"post-248733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-betsy-arakawa","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gene-hackman","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-new-mexico","15":"tag-property","16":"tag-santa-fe","17":"tag-sothebys-international-realty","18":"tag-wall-street-journal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/80a952117864669124b078e131038089.jpeg\"\/)
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