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An investigation is underway after legendary actor Gene Hackman, his wife, and dog, were found dead in their New Mexico home.
A search affidavit released this morning says the deaths are "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation."
"On February 26, 2025 at approximately 1:45 p.m., Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park where Gene Hackman, 95 and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, and a dog were found deceased," the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office told Fox News.
Hackman best known for his Oscar-winning performances in "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven." He appeared as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.
He had a breakout performance in "Bonnie and Clyde," a comic interlude in "Young Frankenstein," a turn as the comic book villain Lex Luthor in "Superman" and the title character in Wes Anderson’s 2001 "The Royal Tenenbaums."