Inside Gene and Betsy Hackman’s reclusive finals days: ‘They were a little insular’

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found dead alongside one of their dogs in their sprawling $3.8m home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Feb. 26. The Hollywood couple are believed to have been laying dead for up to two weeks before maintenance workers stumbled across the scene and called emergency services.

The 911 caller and another worker later told authorities they rarely saw the homeowners. No red flags had been raised by family or friends in the time between the pair dying and their bodies being found, but it was common for the couple to fly under the radar for long periods, according to longtime close friends Barbara Lenihan, 75, of Santa Fe and her husband, author Daniel Lenihan, 79.Daniel told The Post it had been “years” since he last saw Hackman, his friend of more than 30 years, in person.

Barbara, who also owned a home decor store with Arakawa, said she last saw Hackman about a year ago.She last spent time with Arakawa in person sometime earlier this year and had exchanged emails with her in recent weeks.

According to her, the pair had increasingly “become insular” in recent years.“People loved to be around them,” she said. “We used to spend a lot of time at their house but it’d been a while since they were comfortable having others over.“They were a little insular and that was fine, it just got tougher for them to have people over. “We’re all deeply saddened.