The US actor Oscar -winning Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home in Santa Fein New Mexico. The international media report it. The county sheriff said: «We can confirm that Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead on Wednesday afternoon in their Sunset Trail residence. There is an ongoing investigation. ” During a career that lasted more than six decades, Hackman received two Oscar prizes, two Bafta, four Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
The sheriff of the county of Santa Fe, Adan Mendoza, confirmed the news of the couple’s death to the local media, together with their dog. Mendoza said that there have been no evident indications of a criminal act. But he did not provide the cause of the death nor did he say when the couple could be dead. “Everything I can say is that we are in the middle of a preliminary investigation on death, pending approval of a search mandate”.
Hackman was 95 years old and his wife 63 His last appearance on the big screen dates back to 2004, when he played Monroe Cole in Welcome To Mooseport.