Ms. Arakawa, the wife of the actor Gene Hackman, died from the effects of a disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were rumored to have had 701 dead bodies hiding in their home. Inside the truth behind the rumor.