Oscar-Winning Actor Gene Hackman, Wife Found Dead in Santa Fe Home

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Authorities said foul play is not suspected to be a factor in the coupleโ€™s death.

Oscar-winning actor and author Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Feb. 26, authorities said.

Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 63, a classical pianist, were found alongside their dog, which was also deceased, at about 1:45 p.m. local time, Santa Fe County Sheriffโ€™s Office spokesperson Denise Avila said.

Officers visited the home to conduct a welfare check, Avila said.

Authorities have not released any details about the circumstances surrounding their deaths. Foul play is not suspected, and an investigation is ongoing.

Hackman was married twice and had three children. He married Arakawa in 1991.

The award-winning actor had lived in Santa Fe since the 1980s, residing in a gated community on Old Sunset Trail, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Hackman is best known for his roles in William Friedkinโ€™s 1971 thriller โ€œThe French Connection,โ€ for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor, as well as Alan Parkerโ€™s 1988 film โ€œMississippi Burningโ€ and Clint Eastwoodโ€™s 1992 film โ€œUnforgiven,โ€ for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

He also played Lex Luthor in several Superman movies in the 1970s and 1980s and starred in โ€œRunaway Juryโ€ and โ€œThe Conversation,โ€ as well as Wes Andersonโ€™s โ€œThe Royal Tenenbaums.โ€

Tributes poured in for the actor following news of his passing.

George Takei, best known for his role in Star Trek, described Hackman as a powerful actor who will be missed.

โ€œWe have lost one of the true giants of the screen,โ€ Takei said in a post on the social media platform, X. โ€œGene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it. He could be everyone and no one, a towering presence or an everyday Joe.โ€

Elsewhere, French film studio StudioCanalโ€™s UK arm called Hackmanโ€™s death a โ€œcolossal loss for cinema.โ€

With a career that began in the early 1960s and spanned more than six decades, Hackman was one of the industryโ€™s most respected and honored performers, appearing in more than 80 films, as well as on television and stage.

Byย Katabella Roberts

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