Experts have speculated that Hackman, 95, might have died from takotsubo syndrome-- more commonly known as “broken heart syndrome” -- after finding his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, dead from a ...

A pathologist believes that either Gene Hackman or Betsy Arakawa died from a broken heart. Chief Medical Examiner James Gill, who is not involved in the investigation looking into the couple’s ...