IMAGE:
Gene
Hackman
as
Lex
Luthor
in
Superman
2.
Gene
Hackman
as
Lex
Luthor
in
Superman
2.
Two-time
Oscar
winner
Gene
Hackman
and
his
musician
wife
Betsy
Arakawa
have
died,
according
to
the
Santa
Fe
New
Mexican
website.
The
95-year-old
actor,
who
has
been
seen
in
movies
like
The
French
Connection,
Superman
and
The
Royal
Tenenbaums,
and
his
wife
were
found
dead
on
Wednesday
at
their
home
in
Santa
Fe
in
the
US
state
of
New
Mexico.
Their
dog
also
died
with
them.
No
cause
of
death
has
been
revealed
by
the
authorities
so
far.
Hackman
won
his
first
Oscar
for
1971’s
The
French
Connection and
his
second
for
1992’s Unforgiven.
He
retired
from
the
movies
in
2004.
