Posted on 02/27/2025 12:30:52 AM PST by Yossarian
Sheriff: Gene Hackman, wife found dead in Santa Fe home; no foul play suspected
By Nicholas Gilmore ngilmore@sfnewmexican.com Nicholas Gilmore Feb 27, 2025 Updated 55 mins ago
Actor Gene Hackman arrives with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2003, where he would receive the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B deMille Award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press file photo
Legendary actor, two-time Oscar winner and author Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead Wednesday afternoon in their home in the Santa Fe Summit community northeast of the city.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed just after midnight Thursday the couple had died, along with their dog.
Mendoza said in an interview Wednesday evening there was no immediate indication of foul play. He did not provide a cause of death or say when the couple might have died.
Hackman, 95, had lived in Santa Fe since the 1980s and married Arakawa, 63, in 1991.
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I think he was in “The Conversation”, which I liked a lot.
I would like to add “Crimson Tide” to that list. You had two great actors Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in opposing roles, in which you could sense the tremendous tension between them while they trade dominant positions in the story line.
Was great in ‘The Package’, a retelling of the Kennedy killing, if the ending had been different. He played the good guy.
Please say you meant “Hoosiers!”
Is his name on the Epstein list? Did he know something was about to drop? Or it could be just CO posing.
That was a good one too!
Carbon monoxide?
“I was going to make espresso” was a genius adlib. God rest his soul.
Lex Luthor. The greatest criminal mind ever.
Great movie, lousy reporting here.
Mine are:
Unforgiven
Enemy of The State
The French Connection
And an honorable mention for his untitled appearance in Young Frankenstein!
My favorite as a teen was Poseidon.
Mississippi Burning he was a good guy in.
“My Gene Hackman favs are:
Mississippi Burning
Enemy of the State
Crimson Tide
The Firm”
no “Unforgiven”?
“Marooned” and “Young Frankenstein”.
Since both died it’s likely natural gas or carbon monoxide?
Gene did a great job playing a weak character in “Marooned”. No, that’s not a contradiction in terms. Gene was just ...fantastic.
Gene Hackman in the Marine Corps, 1946-1951............
Hackman
A great
I hope he didn’t do it
Mississippi Burning?
Puke
Akin to movie Betrayed
It was the salmon mousse!
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