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Gene Hackman and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa found dead at home with their dog
The Oscar-winning star of The French Connection, The Conversation, Superman and The Poseidon Adventure has died, along with his classical musician wife
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead on Wednesday afternoon in their home in the Santa Fe Summit community northeast of the city. Photograph: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty ImagesSheriff’s deputies arrived at the couple’s home in a gated community called Old Sunset Trail on Wednesday afternoon to investigate, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican, “the deaths of two elderly people and a dog”. But his best work of the decade could be found in films that few went to see: Arthur Penn’s mystery noir Night Moves, Jerry Schatzberg’s road movie Scarecrow and Coppola’s Palme d’Or-winning conspiracy thriller The Conversation.
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