Emma Heming Willis, the wife of actor Bruce Willis, has said people can learn from the death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa.
Heming is her husband’s carer, after it was revealed he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2022, and said Hackman and Arakawa’s story showed that “caregivers need care too”.
A pathologist said Hackman died, aged 95, of heart disease a week after Arakawa died, aged 65, of a rare infectious disease.
The pair were found dead along with one of their dogs at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 26.
In a post on Instagram, Heming said: “So this is not something I would normally comment on, but…