“A very sad day for the cinema’s family,” the Mask of Zorro star wrote on X (formally known as Twitter) Feb. 27. “Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have passed away. My deepest condolences to friends, family and cinema lovers. RIP.”
And Star Trek’s George Takei, like many others, expressed that he will always remember Gene as a “giant” in the film industry.
“Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it,” George wrote on X Feb. 27. “He…