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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rachel Clun

Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife kills three in small California town

The rare virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa has killed three people in a small northern Californian town east of San Francisco, health experts confirmed.

Local health officials are concerned after the unusual spike in Hantavirus-related deaths so close together, with all three deaths occurring in the first few months of the year.

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