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Contractor Who Found Gene Hackman's Body Recalls 'Heartbreaking Experience'

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead inside their New Mexico home in February

Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa ’s deaths shocked the world — and for the man who found their bodies, the tragic discovery was far more personal – it left him heartbroken. Kesler, who worked for the couple at their New Mexico home for 16 years, remembers them as “the sweetest people in the world,” noting that the Academy Award winning actor and his wife “treated me and my crew and my kids really good.” In a lengthy look into the mysterious passing of the actor, 95, and his wife, published on Saturday, March 8, the New York Times spoke to Tom Allin, a longtime friend of the pair.

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