{"id":319813,"date":"2025-04-05T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T18:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/rare-hantavirus-that-killed-gene-hackmans-wife-kills-three-more-people"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T18:28:50","slug":"rare-hantavirus-that-killed-gene-hackmans-wife-kills-three-more-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/rare-hantavirus-that-killed-gene-hackmans-wife-kills-three-more-people","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Hantavirus That Killed Gene Hackman&#039;s Spouse Kills Three Extra Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" readability=\"9\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n       <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Gene Hackman<\/span><br \/><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Rare Virus That Killed Actor\u2019s Wife Kills 3 More in California<\/span><br \/><\/h2>\n<p>\n      Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-05T10:09:45-07:00\">April 5, 2025 10:09 AM PDT<\/time><br \/><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>Updated <time datetime=\"2025-04-05T10:45:05-07:00\">April 5, 2025 10:45 AM PDT<\/time>\n         <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"60.3252299606\">\n<section id=\"cb-d011368fac3c22859dfedc943c3086be\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250405_ac955d39591a419aa4b4c920951fca97\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ebef9633-fa1a-4069-95be-17e53d657233\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Betsy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rare-Hantavirus-That-Killed-Gene-Hackman039s-Wife-Kills-Three-More-People.jpg\" alt=\"gene hackman betsy arakawa mammoth lakes hantavirus main getty shutterstock Composite \" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e8b69fc8713caafd6546d6f754b24b7d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.5294117647\">\n<p>The rare hantavirus \u2014 that few had heard of before it killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gene-hackman\/\"><strong>Gene Hackman<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s wife \u2014 has killed more people \u2026 this time in California.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4883814e78f7a0cc86683f84e2d0fdcc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Three victims in the town of Mammoth Lakes succumbed to hantavirus \u2026 which is what killed the actor\u2019s wife, <strong>Betsy Arakawa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8912603378a14f5953b5ba4b0ab3a4b4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250405_b4db9fc68bb3496a955abf1e2b7bafba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ebef9633-fa1a-4069-95be-17e53d657233\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743877125_49_Rare-Hantavirus-That-Killed-Gene-Hackman039s-Wife-Kills-Three-More-People.jpg\" alt=\"Mammoth Lakes, California lake sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d2b364c9e0f8079453ee3c45413eaf8b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The Mono County Health and Human Services Public Health Division announced this week the third death due to HPS in the town about 330 miles east of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dfa32bf4f2e6efaf411925213a0bbca8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Dr. <strong>Tom Boo<\/strong>, Mono County Public Health Officer, said he found the latest case involving hantavirus \u201ctragic and alarming\u201d \u2026 and doesn\u2019t understand where the deceased individual would have contacted it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-110372bb0596397ad17370c94ab387f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-79cf85ce-5353-4a01-9831-50a53ddf9555-512088739-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-79cf85ce-5353-4a01-9831-50a53ddf9555-512088739-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gene-Hackman-Died-from-Heart-Disease-a-Week-After-Wife039s-Death.jpg\" alt=\"030725_gene_hackman_presser_cause_of_death_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Santa Fe County Sheriff<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-e2fd79bc73e54a09f77d8d17a37fbd32\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"22.4285714286\">\n<p>As you know \u2026 Gene and Betsy were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/27\/gene-hackman-found-dead-with-wife-betsy-arakawa-dog\/\"><strong>found dead in their New Mexico home<\/strong><\/a> on Feb. 26 \u2014 with Betsy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/07\/gene-hackman-death-investigation-update-santa-fe-new-mexico\/\"><strong>cause of death determined<\/strong><\/a> to be hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS is caused by hantavirus.<\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode (middle, 1) --><center\/><!-- \/adman_adcode (middle) --><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fea0fec2ed5ca335466beb858e4a03ef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-1098b971-4503-464a-89b2-86ca3ffed32f-684243968-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-1098b971-4503-464a-89b2-86ca3ffed32f-684243968-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743877126_332_Rare-Hantavirus-That-Killed-Gene-Hackman039s-Wife-Kills-Three-More-People.jpg\" alt=\"030725_jeffrey_klausner_betsy_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-99f7cd9a2e1600a9fc73b9a3df657c0a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"36.5384615385\">\n<p>Dr. <strong>Jeffrey Klausner<\/strong>, an infectious disease expert and professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, told TMZ at the time \u2026 hantavirus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/08\/gene-hackman-wife-betsy-deteriorated-fast-hantavirus\/\"><strong>impacts the body fast<\/strong><\/a>, and since symptoms present themselves as a chest cold \u2014 and the virus is so rare \u2014 it is often misdiagnosed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c3a06413e63affbe8fc3ab3efefc8973\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-1036790953-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-1036790953-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743857255_860_Terrence-Howard-Claims-Diddy-Tried-To-Have-Sex-With-Him.jpg\" alt=\"menendez brothers-Key-Art-HORIZONTAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c9d3e7cb7cc6b1a67a6d2f4bd0e98371\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Hantavirus spreads to humans from rat\/mouse poop and urine, which usually is contracted when someone cleans the attic or basement \u2026 \u00a0and it kills one in three people, Dr. Klausner tells us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-887cfbe5fd5581940b30f92df154861e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-eac37139-b4dc-42b1-ac04-df8ba8b7eb1c-397249350-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-eac37139-b4dc-42b1-ac04-df8ba8b7eb1c-397249350-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gene-Hackman039s-Wife-Made-Calls-the-Day-After-Officials-Said-She-Likely-Died.png\" alt=\"gene hackman\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5319df6fea7b306759edb1b7452dcaa5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"23.862745098\">\n<p>Betsy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/18\/gene-hackman-wife-betsy-arakawa-phone-calls-death-timeline\/\"><strong>called a medical concierge<\/strong><\/a> service on February 12 \u2014 the day after officials concluded she died.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/rare-hantavirus-that-killed-gene-hackmans-wife-kills-three-more-people\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene HackmanRare Virus That Killed Actor\u2019s Wife Kills 3 More in California Published April 5, 2025 10:09 AM PDT|Updated April 5, 2025 10:45 AM PDT 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