Unforgiven and Unforeseen: The Gaps in Gene Hackman's Estate Plan

When Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe home in February 2025, the loss of a two-time Oscar winner and Hollywood legend was shocking enough on its own. But in the months since, the story has taken on a second life as a cautionary tale-one that estate planning attorneys keep coming back to, more than a year later, because Hackman's estate still hasn't been fully settled.