Preliminary autopsy findings come after actor and his wife were found dead in their Santa Fe home
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were 'deceased for quite a while', the Santa Fe county sheriff said. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe Oscar-winning film star and his wife were found dead, along with one of their dogs, at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, and police said there were no apparent signs of foul play.
The alarm had been raised by a maintenance person, doing pest control at the property, who was concerned because he had not seen the couple, police said. “I have no idea,” he said. “I am not inside the house. It’s closed. It’s locked. I can’t go in. But I can see she’s laying down on the floor from the window.”
“He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.” Elsewhere singer Sting said the world had “lost a legend” while actor and director Clint Eastwood said Hackman would be “deeply missed”.
Born in California in 1930, Hackman left home at 16 to enlist in the marines and served from 1947 to 1952 as a field radio operator and then as a broadcast journalist.He went on to study journalism and television production at the University of Illinois, but later decided to pursue an acting career. He reprised the role for its sequels, 1980’s Superman II and 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.
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