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Gene Hackman 'broke down in tears' after life-changing step he took with wife Betsy, friends reveal


News of their mysterious deaths has left friends, fans, and the local community baffled after it was revealed the couple was found lifeless on the floor along with their German Shepherd.

Smith arranged for a meet-up at a park in order to assess Duke's interaction with Maisie, a young female German Shepherd, who quickly became a member of the Hackman family. News of Gene and Betsy's mysterious deaths has left friends, fans, and the local community baffled after it was revealed they were found dead along with one of their German Shepherds at their home 'Gene ended up adopting one of the dogs, the one named Gene, but he actually renamed him Duke, in honor of his close friend John Wayne,' said Staelens who with his wife Grace Froelich founded Animal Rescue, Inc. in New Freedom, Pennsylvania in 1978.

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