Gene Hackman, one of Hollywood’s most recognized actors in recent years, has rests for a few weeks In a tomb without marking On a cemetery on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA).
As the Daily Mailnext to the actor his wife is also buried, Betsy Arakawawho died a few days before him, last February, in tragic circumstances.
Hackman was 95 years old and his wife, Arakawa, with whom he had married 33 years, was 65. The autopsy revealed that Arakawa had died of a Hantavirus infection, days before Hackman died to a heart disease and Alzheimer’s advanced a week later.
Both were buried last month in a ceremony It was so secret that even some cemetery workers did not know who was going to be buried. The three adult children of Hackman, the result of their first marriage, attended the funeral, but ordered those responsible for the cemetery to keep the news out of the reach of the press.
Hackman left a fortune valued at 80 million dollars, but excluded his children from his will due to his distancing with them in recent years. Arakawa was going to be the only beneficiary of her inheritance, but since she died before him, it is not clear if the money will finally go to her children: Christopher, 65, Elizabeth, 63, and Leslie, 58.
According to him Daily Mailon the place of burial of Hackman and Arakawa there is no tombstone, or flowers, alone A Black Book of Soft Cover on which someone had arranged two sea snails.
The book is women who run with the wolvesof Clarissa Pinkola areit is a collection of popular stories starring strong women. The reason is unknown and responsible for placing the book there.
