Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies found Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and a dog dead when they performed a welfare check, ...

Though he’d had small roles in movies and on television throughout the early 1960s (he’d been a Marine before that, and had ...

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and ...

He twice won Oscars for bringing humanizing depth to corrupt lawmen, from the raging cop in “The French Connection” to the ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their New Mexico home along with their dog, ...

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A two-time Academy Award winner and a dogged Everyman in many of his roles, Hackman was remembered by collaborators and ...

Philip D’Antoni, producer of the “The French Connection,” holds the Oscar for best picture, from left, Gene Hackman holds his ...

By The Associated Press Gruff in demeanor yet much beloved, Gene Hackman was one of the finest actors of his generation. The ...

The late actor Gene Hackman had strong Golden State connections, including being born in San Bernardino and having worked at ...

The 'French Connection' actor, who was found dead at his home in New Mexico, was nominated for five Oscars in his ...