Oscar-winner was discovered dead in New Mexico, sheriff’s office said
Gene Hackman reached the A-list with The French Connection, starring in many celebrated films before his retirement in 2004. Photograph: Vera Anderson/Getty
The Press Association confirmed there is an “active investigation’’ into the deaths and quoted the police department saying: “We can confirm that both Gene Hackman and his wife were found deceased Wednesday.”Doireann Garrihy restores some celeb lustre to troubled 2FM with larky verve The deputies discovered the bodies of a man in his 90s and a woman in her 60s, Mr Mendoza initially reported.
Hackman enjoyed a 40-year career in film, including performances in The French Connection, Superman and The Royal Tenenbaums, before he retired in 2004. He achieved success relatively late, breaking through in his 30s and going on to embody the antiheroic mien of 1970s Hollywood. “Film-making has always been risky — both physically and emotionally — but I do choose to consider that film a moment in a checkered career of hits and misses,” Hackman said in a 2021 interview.
Hackman also started his second career as an author of historical fiction with his first book Wake of the Perdido Star, which was followed by four others, the most recent of which was published in 2011.
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