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Gene Hackman and Betsy Hackman have been laid to rest nearly two months after their sudden and tragic passing, The Post can confirm.
The Oscar-winning actor, 95, and his wife, 65, were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Feb. 26. A private memorial in their honor was recently held in Santa Fe. People was first to report the news.
The intimate gathering was attended by their family and close friends, including Gene’s three children — son Christopher and daughters Elizabeth and Leslie — who came together to pay their respects and give their final goodbyes.
The children previously released a statement when news of their father’s passing broke.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,” they said.
“He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.”
Gene had spoken candidly over the years about the strained connection he had with his three children whom he shared with his late first wife, Fay Maltese, admitting that his acting career often took him away from home and his family.
The star eventually mended his relationship with his children, though they were reportedly left out of his will. Hackman’s entire $80 million estate is said to have been left to Betsy, his second wife.
The “Birdcage” actor died around Feb. 17 or 18 from heart disease with advanced Alzheimers disease being a contributing factor, New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner Heather Jarrell revealed last month. The “French Connection” star “was in very poor health” before he died, Jarrell added, and is believed to have lived with his wife’s dead body for a week.
Betsy Hackman (née Arakawa), died of Hantavirus, a rare flu-like disease linked to rodents, on Feb. 11 or Feb. 12, officials said.
Maintenance workers discovered their bodies 9 days later.
This is a developing story.