SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his spouse and their canine had been discovered lifeless of their New Mexico dwelling Wednesday, authorities stated.
Foul play was not suspected, however authorities didn’t launch circumstances of their deaths and stated an investigation was ongoing.
Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies discovered Hackman, his spouse Betsy Arakawa and a canine lifeless once they preformed a welfare test on the dwelling round 1:45 p.m., spokesperson Denise Avila stated.
Hackman, 95, was a five-time Oscar nominee who starred in dozens of movies and one of many trade’s most revered and honored performers. His two Oscar wins, for “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” had been spaced out 21 years aside.
Information of his demise comes simply 4 days earlier than this 12 months’s Academy Awards ceremony.
The couple’s house is in a gated group simply outdoors of Santa Fe, New Mexico’s capital metropolis. Hackman moved within the Eighties to the world, the place he was usually seen round city and served as a board member of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum within the Nineties, in line with the native paper, The New Mexican.
Hackman performed quite a lot of roles, showing in motion motion pictures, thrillers and even had a comedic half in “Young Frankenstein.”
Apart from appearances at awards exhibits, he was not often seen within the Hollywood social circuit and retired in his mid-70s.
An e mail despatched to his publicist was not instantly returned early Thursday.
