By Didimoko A Didimoko, with agency report
Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in the U.S. state of New Mexico, the Santa Fe New Mexican website said on Thursday.
The website quoted Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza as saying the couple had died along with their dog, and that there was no immediate indication of foul play.
In a career that spanned more than six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two Baftas, four Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
A statement from the Santa Fe County Sheriff in New Mexico said: “We can confirm that both Gene Hackman and his wife were found deceased Wednesday afternoon at their residence on Sunset Trail.
“This is an active investigation – however, at this time we do not believe that foul play was a factor.”
Hackman was an intense character actor who won Academy Awards for the violent 1971 drug saga “The French Connection” and the 1992 western “Unforgiven”.
The former Marine appeared in more than 80 films, as well as on television and the stage during a lengthy career that started in the early 1960s.
He lived outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, married twice and had three children. In 1991, Hackman married Arakawa, a 63-year-old pianist.
30 notable movies starring Gene Hackman:
Gene Hackman has had an incredible and below is a list of his 30 notable movies
Lilith (1964)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The French Connection (1971)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Conversation (1974)
Superman (1978)
Hoosiers (1986)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Birdcage (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Hawaii (1966)
First to Fight (1967)
A Covenant with Death (1967)
Banning (1967)
The Split (1968)
Riot (1969)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Downhill Racer (1969)
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
Scarecrow (1973)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Under Fire (1983)
Power (1986)
Loose Cannons (1990)
The Firm (1993)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Runaway Jury (2003)
