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Investigation launched after Gene Hackman and his wife found dead

“Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time however exact cause of death has not been determined,” the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said.

An investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Gene Hackman with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, at the Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles in 2003.Mark J. Terrill / AP fileDeputies were called at about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday to an address on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park, “where Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64 and a dog were found deceased,” the county sheriff’s public information officer, Denise Womack Avila, said in a statement. He won his first Oscar for his portrayal of detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in William Friedkin’s “The French Connection,” and later riveted audiences in Francis Ford Coppola’s paranoid thriller “The Conversation.” Later, he would play the villainous Lex Luther in “Superman.”

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