LOS ANGELES, CA - 1996: Actor Gene Hackman poses for a portrait circa 1996 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Davis/Getty Images)
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Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their New Mexico home when deputies responded to a welfare check request, according to local authorities. Their cause of death has not been confirmed but no foul play is suspected.

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