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Hackman's final years: A philanthropist who went e-biking, dined at a simple roadside grill, piloted airplanes and still rented DVDs long after streaming took over Hollywood
After Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were found dead in their home, their New Mexico neighbors told DailyMail.com how they had become staples in their community.
Gene Hackman was a philanthropist and force of nature who, at 70, floored a man with one punch, went e-biking in his late 80s, dined at a simple roadside grill, piloted airplanes and still rented DVDs long after streaming took over Hollywood. But by Thursday afternoon, national cable news crews and local reporters had amassed at the entrance of the usually tranquil desert housing estate where he built his Pueblo-style ranch home. Dressed in jeans in the picture, with sunglasses perched on his baseball cap, Hackman flashed a youthful grin alongside store worker Owen Conley and dangled his new keys for the camera.
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