Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Mystery around Gene Hackman’s death deepens as wife Betsy Arakawa’s doctor claims she called him after police say she died

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Dr. Josiah Child, who runs Cloudberry Health in New Mexico, has claimed the former classical pianist, 65, contacted his clinic on February 12 — one day after the medical examiner’s conclusion that she died on February 11.

“Mrs. Hackman didn’t die on February 11 because she called my clinic on February 12,” Child told the Daily Mail.

“She’d called me a couple of weeks before her death to ask about getting an echocardiogram [heart scan] for her husband.”

Child claimed Arakawa had called to schedule an appointment for February 12 for an issue unrelated to respiratory problems.

“She was not a patient of mine, but one of my patients recommended Cloudberry to her,” he added.

Two days before she was due to see him, Arakawa canceled her appointment, saying her husband — two-time Oscar winner Hackman — was feeling unwell.