Gene Hackmans wife Betsy Arakawa hadnt called her dementia-plagued mom, 91, in months, housekeeper says

Gene Hackman’s youngest daughter isn’t the only family member who hadn’t spoken to the actor or his wife, Betsy Arakawa, in the months leading up to their deaths.Arakawa “hadn’t called” her 91-year-old mother, Yoshie Feaster, who suffers from dementia, since October, according to the elder’s housekeeper, Keiko.Keiko spoke to Daily Mail on Friday, just two days after Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 65, were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home, along with a deceased dog.The housekeeper told the outlet that Feaster, who lives in Hawaii, grew concerned when Arakawa’s regular monthly phone calls stopped.“Betsy hadn’t called her mother in months.

She usually called every one or two months.Last time she called was October.

We were thinking, what happened?” she recalled.Keiko also revealed that authorities informed Feaster of her daughter and son-in-law’s tragic deaths on Wednesday; however, due to her condition, she’s forgotten the devastating news.“She talked to a New Mexico policeman the other day.

But she has dementia so she forgot already.I feel so sorry for her,” the housekeeper, who has been by her side for two decades, shared.Keiko said her moods change regularly.“She was very upset,” she recalled of Feaster learning about her daughter’s death.

“But right now she’s kind of normal.”She said that Arakawa, a classical pianist, had no other surviving close relatives besides her mother.The Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza revealed that Hackman had likely been dead for at least nine days before maintenance workers found the Oscar-winning actor, his wife and one of their German Shepherd dogs passed away in their sprawling home on Wednesday, February 26.Hackman had a pacemaker that recorded his last “event” on February 17, Mendoza shared during the press conference on Friday.“According to the pathologist, I think it’s a good assumption that was his last day of life,” he shared while clarifying that police are still p...