Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a villainous sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
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A private funeral service was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, with his..
Gene Hackman died from hypertensive atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s as a contributing factor. His wife,..
