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What Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s Story Teaches Us About Talking and Planning Ahead

Posted on 07/21/2025

“Gene Hackman was one of my favorite actors. I adored him in The Birdcage. It deeply saddens me to think about how he and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, passed away. For the past 20 years I have owned and operated a home care agency, assisting hundreds of families who are navigating aging, including dementia. What happened to Gene and Betsy felt painfully familiar and painfully preventable.” Read more here.