Gene Hackman left his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa as the only beneficiary of his inheritance, in a testament he signed 20 years ago and in which he did not quote his children, as reported on Friday, March 14, the magazine People.
The American actor became a trust in 1995 as the only recipient of his assets, which exceeds US $ 80 million, when he dies, according to the documents to which the specialized magazine has had access.
The three children of Hackman are not cited in this document, only his wife, who died of a pulmonary syndrome by Hantavirus on February 11, a week before the actor, who died of a heart failure.
The Arakawa testament, meanwhile, leaves the majority of its heritage to its husband, although it has a clause that establishes that, in case of death with a difference of 90 days, their assets will be allocated to beneficence.
Both wills were attested before the courts of Santa Fe, in the state of New Mexico, USA, where they resided, in June 2005, the magazine explained.
Without a direct heir to Hackman’s fortune, unknowns arise about the possible beneficiary of his inheritance, which opens the possibility that their children may have the right to access their heritage.
The couple’s bodies were found in their residence on February 26, eight days after the actor died, according to the authorities’ reports.
Hackman, a Hollywood legend for several decades of the twentieth century, won two Oscar awards for his iconic characters in The French Connection and Unforgivenand became one of the most versatile and popular interpreters of his generation.