Gene Hackman and wife found dead

[Ombligo]

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead in their New Mexico home, a Santa Fe County Sheriff's spokesperson said Thursday. Hackman was 95 years old.

Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Denise Avila confirmed the deaths in a statement.

In a released statement, the sheriff's spokesperson did not provide a cause of death for Hackman or his 64-year-old wife, Betsy Arakawa. The pair and a dog were found dead Wednesday afternoon in their home. Foul play was not suspected, authorities said.

Hackman won his first Oscar for his performance in the 1972 film "The French Connection," and his second Academy Award in the 1992 Western "Unforgiven." His other well known roles included "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Hoosiers"

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/711970232...dies-at-95

[NewtonMP2100]

….and the family dog……RIP……..one of the best actors…….

[lost in space]

You were the best, sir. RIP.

[Fritz]

bummer.
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long and prosperous career

[Rick-o]

I thought he was great in just about everything he did. R.I.P.

[lost in space]

Aside from his work, I also liked how he didn't seem to seek the limelight.

[ka jowct]

This sounds like a really sad situation. Maybe she was the caregiver and died first. Or carbon monoxide got the three of them. Sigh.

[vision63]

ka jowct wrote:
This sounds like a really sad situation. Maybe she was the caregiver and died first. Or carbon monoxide got the three of them. Sigh.

His wife. It's sad to wake up to the news of his death.

[ka jowct]

An underappreciated role: he was the hermit in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.

[vision63]

ka jowct wrote:
An underappreciated role: he was the hermit in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.

https://youtu.be/BXPl_wr2QNw for example...