Actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead alongside dog at home


FILE PHOTO: Gene Hackman poses during the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. January 19, 2003. REUTERS/Andy Clark/File Photo

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, died of unknown causes alongside his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog at home, the sheriff's office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, said on Thursday.

The 95-year-old actor and Arakawa, 64, were found dead in separate rooms on Wednesday at around 1:45 p.m., the Santa Fe County sheriff's office said in a statement, promising to release more information later on Thursday.

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