- Gene Hackman, 95, has died, confirmed a Santa Fe sheriff Thursday morning.
- Betsy Arakawa, his wife, was also found dead in their home, along with the couple’s dog.
- Authorities said they did not doubt the wrong games.
Gene Hackman has died at 95.
Sherifi Santa Fe, Adan Mendoza, told Santa Fe New Mexican that the winning actor of Oscar died Wednesday at his home in New Mexico along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa and their dog.
He said there was no indication of the wrong game.
Mendoza added: “All I can say is that we are in the midst of a preliminary investigation of death, waiting for the approval of a search order. I want to assure the community and the neighborhood that there is no immediate danger to anyone.”
Santa Fe department did not respond immediately to the Business Insider request for comment.
Hackman survives his three children from his first marriage to Maltese Faye.
This is a fracture story and will be updated as more details appear.
Hackman had his big break in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’
Gene Hackman was known for his harsh roles. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty
Hackman played a wide range of roles during his four -decade career, making him loved by the audiences and peers alike.
His Breakout part was in the 1967 “Bonnie and Clyde”, where he played the older brother of Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) for whom he received an Oscar nomination. He became a man manage as a detective with a strong nose Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in “The French Connection” of 1971, who won him an Oscar.
He spent the 1970s working in films that will become classics, such as “The Poseidon Adventure” and “The Conversation”. At the end of the decade, he played Lex Luther in “Superman” (a role he reproduced in “Superman II” and “Superman IV: Research for Peace).
The 1980s saw the Hackman star grow up with films like “Hoosiers” and “Mississippi Burning” (winning him another nomination for Oscars). He began the 1990s with another Oscar’s victory, this time for the 1992 Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood. As he continued, he did some of his best work with “Firm”, The Quick and the Dead, “Crimson Tide”, “Get Story” and “The Birdcage”.
As the 2000s came around, Hackman seemed to slow down in the 1970s. He played on broad projects: playing a football coach at The Replacements, being part of an ensemble thrown at The Royal Tenenbaums of Wes Anderson, and overcoming everyone in the smart Heist.
But actor Hackman had other ideas.
After Starri at “Welcome to Mooseport” in 2004, he suddenly withdrew from acting.
Hackman, who wrote the 1999 novel Wake of the Perdido Star, focused more on his writing during this period. He wrote four more books, the last of which was the Police Thriller “Pursuit” in 2013.
Gene Hackman in “Mississippi Burning”. Screenshot/Mississippi Burning
Hackman was a navy before starting to act
Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California. He often moved as a child and at the time his family started high school his family had rooted in Iowa. At the age of 16, he enrolled in Marinsa and served four and a half years as a field radio operator in the late 1940s. He was fired in 1951 and, after retiring with a media career studying journalist and television production at the University of Illinois with the help of Gi Bill, Hackman moved back to California.
Hackman’s acting career began in the 1960s at Pasadena Pathhouse in California. There, he became friends with his aspiring actor Dustin Hoffman and the two hit him as they tried to sail their careers.
The duo moved to New York City to try to make it big and soon became friends with another actor in California for the same purpose: Robert Duvall.
Alongside off-Broadway games, Hackman found work with small TV pieces. In 1964, he received part of the film, “Lilith”, performing Warren Beatty, leading to his big break with “Bonnie and Clyde”.
Since then, Hackman would have done all time thanks to his passionate performances and the ability to play clumsy, but with a charming quality whenever he sparked that smile or gave him laughing.
Gene Hackman in “The Royal Tenenbaums”. Photographer Buena Vista
Hackman has three children from his first marriage
In 1956, the actor married Faye Maltese, a bank clerk from New York. Coupleifti had three children, Christopher Allen, Elizabeth Jean and Leslie Anne Hackman. They divorced in 1986 after 30 years of marriage.
In 2000, the actor told Irish Independent that he was not always present as a father. Hackman said: “I couldn’t always be home with them when they were growing up and then, living in California, they have always had my success by hanging over their heads.” “
Formerly after Hackman and Maltese split, he began to meet Betsy Arakawa, a classic pianist who was his 30 -year -old. They got married in 1991.
Gene Hackman, and his daughter Leslie Hackman participating in the Golden Globe Awards in 1984. Ron Galella/Ron Galella collection through Getty Images
Hackman never turned to acting
Hackman’s status as a legend grew only after his retirement, as one of several icons able to leave and stay away from business.
In one of his latest interviews, in 2011, GQ asked if he would ever make another film:
“I don’t know,” he said. “If I could do it in my house, maybe, without them by disturbing anything and just one or two people.”
Correction: February 27, 2025 – An early version of this story misunderstood the circumstances of the death of Gene Hackman. Santa Fe New Mexican quoted Sheriff Adan Mendoza to say Hackman, Betsy Arakawa and their dog were found dead Wednesday afternoon, not that they died on Thursday. Mendoza was said to have confirmed their death on Thursday.