Gene Hackman, whose authenticity and authority onscreen gave him the stature of a leading man in a career he built as a character actor, is dead at age 95. Variety reports that Hackman, along with his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa (age 63), were found dead inside their Santa Fe, New Mexico home on Wednesday afternoon. Variety notes that “there is no immediate indication of foul play, per authorities, though the Sheriff’s office did not immediately provide a cause of…
Gene Hackman Dead at 95: An Actor of Unsurpassed Range, from Gritty Realism to Comic Book Supervillainy
