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Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa Found Dead in Santa Fe Home; Oscar-Winning Star of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’ Was 95
Gene Hackman (“The French Connection," "Unforgiven") and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe home Wednesday. The Oscar-winning actor 95.
Gene Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner for “ The French Connection ” and “ Unforgiven,” and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead Wednesday afternoon in their Santa Fe, N.M. home. Like the great character movie stars of an earlier era, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Hackman transcended his limitations by the sheer force of his presence, becoming as identifiable and admired as some of his higher-paid contemporaries such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman. Hackman was memorable as a journalist caught in the intrigue of Central American revolution in Roger Spottiswoode’s “Under Fire”; he shone in Arthur Penn’s suspenseful “Night Moves”; and he was cracklingly funny as the canny Lex Luthor in the “Superman” films.
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