The Sheriff's Office in Santa Fe said in a statement to Sky News that there is currently no evidence of foul play, but that the exact cause of death has not yet been determined.
Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, the BBC reported.
In a career spanning nearly six decades, Hackman is a two-time award winner Oskar, Bafta, winner of four Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
The county sheriff confirmed to the media that both Heckman and his wife were found dead, along with their dog, on Wednesday afternoon and that an investigation is open.
Hackman was 95 and his wife was 63.
He won two Oscars - and was nominated for three more - playing aggressive characters, but he was just as good in comedies, writes the BBC.
Rich film career
Born in 1930, Gene Hackman joined the Marines in the late forties and decided to study acting in the late fifties. After a forty-year career in film, he retired in 2004, on the advice of his cardiologist. He rarely gave interviews after that, opting for a quiet life in New Mexico with his second wife, Betsy.
He left behind numerous roles in famous film productions. He befriended Dustin Hoffman at the Pasadena Playhouse where both were billed as "least likely to make it." After numerous minor roles on television and in the theater, Hackman made his big screen debut opposite Warren Beatty in the melodrama Lilith in 1964.
Three years later, he made his first real impression with another role opposite Beatty. Playing Buck Burrow in "Bonnie and Clyde," he earned his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Although he lost, this role earned him his first starring role in I Never Sang For My Father (1970) with Melvin Douglas.
The actor continued his success in the 1970s, with roles in The Poseidon Adventure and A Bridge Too Far, and also showed a talent for comedy with acclaimed roles in Young Frankenstein and Superman, where he played Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor. In fact, during this decade, Heckman became one of the protective faces of anti-heroes in Hollywood cinema.
Breaking into the A-list
Although the seventies were fruitful for Hackman, during this period he turned down roles in the famous films "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
A year after his first leading role in the film "I Never Sang For My Father", Hackman took the lead role in the action thriller "The French Connection" and, thanks to the huge success of this film, became a real Hollywood star. The role of Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle earned him his first Oscar.
During the 1992s, he continued to play Lex Luthor in the Superman sequels, and starred in the films Reds, Hoosiers and No Way Out. He earned another Oscar nomination for "Mississippi Burning," before winning a second Oscar in XNUMX for his role in Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven." In the same decade, he appeared in the films "The Firm", "Crimson Tide" and "The Birdcage".
Along with acting, Hackman started his career as a writer with the book "Wake of the Perdido Star". He has published five books, the last of which was published in 2013.
His subsequent film roles included acclaimed comedic performances in Heartbreakers and The Royal Tenenbaums, as well as thrillers such as Heist and Runaway Jury. The last film he starred in was the comedy "Welcome to Mooseport" from 2004.
"He tried"
In an interview with Empire magazine in 2009, Hackman said, “I try to take care of myself. I don't have many fears.
"I have that normal fear of death." You know, I think we all think about that, especially when we get to a certain age. I want to make sure my wife and my family are taken care of. Other than that, I don't have many fears."
Two years later, when asked by a journalist how he would describe his life, he said: "'He tried.' I think that would be pretty accurate.'
Source: Fonet/Guardian
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