The American actor Gene hackman95, two awards winner Óscar and four Gold balloonshe died on February 27 with his wife, Betsy Arakawa; However, a month after his death, the bodies still remain in the morgue of Santa Fe, New Mexico, without being claimed by the star’s family.
The initial reports indicated that Gene Hackman died due to a heart failure, while his 63 -year -old died days before for a rare disease transmitted by infected rodents, known as Hantaviruswhich causes two types of conditions: hemorrhagic fever and a severe pulmonary syndrome.
Until now, US authorities have not disseminated the full details about exact circumstances of the deaths of Gene and Betsy, taking into consideration that the Precise date of the death of Arakawa, because it was the Santa Fe police who found the bodies in the actor’s residence.
Despite this, for the authorities of New Mexicothe most disconcerting aspect of the case is that the bodies still are not claimed by the children or by the close relatives of Hackman or Arakawa, which has generated speculation about the true state of the family relationship between the actor and his descendants.
Body without burial
Hackman and his wife moved to Santa Fe In 2015 to get away from the public life; Therefore, various American media consider that this would have been one of the reasons why the actor began to have problems with his children, who have not shown interest in claiming his father’s body.
A theory that began to circulate on social networks indicates that the lack of action by Hackman’s children could be related to a Emotional conflict not resolved with his father, who allegedly maintained “a relationship distant With them. “Despite that, this version remains only a rumor and has not been confirmed.
Other American media suggest that this unusual situation with the Hackman family could be due to a internal dispute, since, according to nearby sources, family relationships “were never easy“, to the point that gene would have left more than half of its fortune To his wife, Betsy Arakawa, who died days before him.
Given this scenario, the authorities of Santa Fe continue waiting for an answer from family members to proceed with the proper transfer and burial of the bodies; However, Hackman’s family has not yet managed to define how to distribute the part that corresponded to Betsy, considering that it was not his mother biological.
Gene Hackman had three children with his late wife, Faye Maltese: Christopher64 years; Leslie61; and Elizabethof 57, for which, a month ago, when the death of the actor was announced, his daughters issued a statement lamenting his death, while his son admitted that he had been “almost a year distant” of his father for almost a year.
According to the media in the United States, the actor’s heritage exceeds US $ 80 million (Q616 million), So the three children are expected to reach an agreement as soon as possible to be able to claim their father’s body and proceed with the burial in Santa Fe, where Hackman expressed his desire to be buried.
The Bodies of Gene Hackman and His Wife Betsy Have Yet To Be Claimed Which Means No One has steppeped up to take care of their funerals.
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