Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a traditional movie star but became one nonetheless, has died at 95. Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead at their home in New Mexico. An open prescription bottle and scattered pills were discovered near her body on a counter in the bathroom. The sheriff’s office has opened an investigation. Hackman was known for imbuing seemingly ordinary characters with subtlety and intensity in some of the most acclaimed films of the 1970s and ’80s, including The French Connection and Mississippi Burning.
Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a traditional movie star but became one nonetheless, has died at 95. Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead at their home in New Mexico. An open prescription bottle and scattered pills were discovered near her body on a counter in the bathroom. The sheriff’s office has opened an investigation.
Hackman was known for imbuing seemingly ordinary characters with subtlety and intensity in some of the most acclaimed films of the 1970s and ’80s, including The French Connection and Mississippi Burning.
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