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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

Santa Fe clinic says Gene Hackman’s wife called them the day after police say she died

Betsy Arakawa and Gene Hackman in 1989.
Betsy Arakawa and Gene Hackman in 1989. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy

A private healthcare clinic in New Mexico has cast doubt on official findings about the timing of the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, claiming that she rang them on 12 February – the day after police say she died.

Dr Josiah Child, the head of Cloudberry Health in Santa Fe, where the couple lived, told the Mail on Sunday: “Mrs Hackman didn’t die on 11 February because she called my clinic on 12 February.”

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