Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Were 'One of the Tightest Couples I've Ever Seen,' Says Friend: 'She Was Very Protective' (Exclusive)
Betsy Arakawa and Gene Hackman in 1991.Photo:Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Gene Hackmanand his wifeBetsy Arakawawere “real life partners,” longtime friends and neighbors in their Santa Fe, N.M. neighborhood tell PEOPLE. Married couple Daniel and Barbara Lenihan and their son Aaron, who knew the couple for years, are “shocked” to hear the news that Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies werefoundon Wednesday. “He was getting quite old,” says Barbara, 75, of the late Oscar winner, who turned 95 on Jan....