Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s two surviving dogs find new homes weeks after sudden deaths - The bodies of Hackman, his wife, and one of their dogs were found days after they died

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s two surviving dogs have been separated in the wake of the couple’s tragic deaths. Joey Padilla, the owner of dog day care center Santa Fe Tails, told the Daily Mail on Tuesday that Bear, a German Shepherd, and Nikita, an Akita-shepherd mix, have been sent to new homes.

Hackman's two dogs, Bear and Nikita, found new homes nearly three weeks after the death of the actor and his wife in New Mexico.