Actor Gene Hackman, wife found dead in the house
Legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in his home in Novi Mexico. Officials say that there is no doubt that it is no doubt about it, but the investigation is ongoing.
Honors began to pour out for the actor who won an Oscar Gene Hackman Thursday after the news of his death broke up.
Hackman was found dead along with his wife, classic pianist Betsy Arakawa and their dog in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday afternoon.
Hackman was 95 at the time of his death and his wife 63.
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Oscar -winning actor Gene Hackman was known for his performances in “French relationship” and “invertebrate”. (Mary Evans/Mgm/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection)
Luke Wilson, who starred in “Royal Tenenbaums” with Hackman, shared honor with Fox News Digital.
“Marine. Actor. Legend. Gene Hackman could do it all. He alone stands on the mountain with Marlon Brand and Jack Nicholson.”
Francis Ford Coppola, who directed Hackman in the 1974 thriller, “conversation”, mourned his loss on social media.
“The loss of a great artist, always cause and sorrow and celebration: Gene Hackman a great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity, mourning his loss and celebrate his existence and contribution,” he wrote On Instagram With a photo of Hackman on the movie set.
Actor Antonio Banderas shared condolences to Hackman and his wife.
Portrait of Gene Hackman at Park Hyatt Hotel in Chicago on May 10, 1985. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
“A very sad day for the China family. Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa died,” he wrote On Instagram with a photo of the two of them. “My deepest condolences to friends, family and cinema lovers. RIP.”
Fox News manager Brian Kilmeade spoke with actor Gary Sinise about Hackman’s death and acts with him in “Fast and Dead.” Sinise called Hackman his model because he spent two days photographing for Esquire with a legendary actor. He said Hackman’s work in “scarecrow” with Al Pacin was his “favorite of all time.”
Dennis Hopper, left, and Gene Hackman in the 1986 “Hoosiers” movie. (Orion Pictures Corp/Everett collection)
“Gene was an incredible human being and an amazing actor. I am very sad about what happened,” Sinise split into “The Brian Kilmeade Show”. “Spending time with him was a true honor and privilege.”
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Sinise mentioned that Hackman supported his role when he acted in “One flew over the coward.”
Director Edgar Wright called Hackman, “The biggest …” on the X.
Director Paul Feig She called Hackman’s death “so terrible,” while paying tribute to the late actor.
Gene Hackman, left, and Tom Cruise, 1993, at The Company. (Everett collection)
“Gene was such an inspiration for so many of us who love movies. So many great roles. His performance in” conversation “I changed the way I watched acting and what the actors could bring in the role. Such an amazing career. Rip Mr. Hackman.”
Hollywood actor Viola Davis He took her on Instagram and wrote, “Loved you in everything!” Conversation “,” French relationship “,” Poseidon adventure “,” embarrassing ” – which is still vulnerable. You were one of the greats. God bless those who loved you. Rest well, sir.”
“We have lost one of the true giants of the screen. Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel all his life behind him,” Star Trek actor ” George Takei Written at X Thursday morning. “You could be all and no one, a high presence or a daily Joe. He was so a powerful actor. He will miss him, but his work will live forever.”
Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood, right, with their prizes for the 1993 Unsorven Academy. (Everett collection)
Santa Fe police have confirmed that at this point it has no doubt that it is no doubt as a death factor, but the cause of death has not been determined. The investigation is ongoing.
“February 26, 2025. At about 1:45 pm, Sheriff Santa FI MPs were shipped to the Old Sunset Trail at Hyde Park, where Gene Hackman, 95 and his wife Betsy Arakawa (64) and Dog died,” Sheriff of the Santa Fe district Said Fox News Digital early Thursday morning.
Hackman was best known for his Oscar -winning performances in “France” and “UNFORGIVE”. He appeared as villains, heroes and anti -heroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s to retirement in the early 2000s.
Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve from the 1987 movie. “Superman IV.” (Warner Bros/Everett collection)
Hackman also had a breakthrough in “Bonnie and Clyde”, “comic interlude at” Young Frankenstein “, a turn as a wicker comic book Lex Luthor in” Superman “and a title character in Wes Anderson” The Royal Tenenbaums “.
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Eugene Alden Hackman was born on January 30, 1930. In San Bernardin, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a journalist for commercial news. His parents have repeatedly fought, and his father often used his fists on him to pull out anger, according to Associated Press. The boy found refuge in film houses, identifying with Errol Flynn and James Cagney as his role models.
Matt Dillon, left, and Gene Hackman, Center, in the 1985 “Target” movie. (Warner Bros/Everett collection)
With a high school diploma, he acquired during Marina, Hackman enrolled in journalism at the University of Illinois. He remained after six months of studying radio announcement in New York. After working at Florida Stations and his hometown of Danville, he returned to New York to study painting in the League of Arts. Hackman switched again to get into an acting course in the pasaden Playhouse.
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Hackman’s first main film role came in 1970 with “I never sang for my father”, as a man who struggled to deal with a failed relationship with his dying father, Melvyn Douglas.
Gene Hackman was married to his wife Betsy Arakaw in 1991. (New Century Distribution/Everett Collection)
Hackman married Fay Maltese in 1956, a bank sales sale he met at a ymca dance in New York. They had a son Christopher and two daughters, Elizabeth and Leslie, but divorced in the mid-1980s. In 1991, Betsy Arakawa, a classic pianist of Japanese origin who grew up in Hawaii, married.
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When he was not in film locations, Hackman enjoyed painting, flying boards, car races and diving in the deep sea. In recent years, he wrote novels and lived on his ranch in Santa Fe on a hill, looking at Colorado Rockies.
Gregory Norman-Diamond Fox News Digital, Christina Shaw and Associated Press contributed to this report.
