Gas company assisting with probe into Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa deaths
Police said they do not believe foul play was a factor in the death of the Oscar-winning film star and his wife.
A gas company is assisting the investigation into the death of US actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, amid reports suggesting the couple died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Oscar-winning film star Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, had been dead for some time, according to investigators, when their bodies were discovered along with their dog on Wednesday afternoon at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hackmanâs body was found in a mud room, and his wife was found next to a space heater in a bathroom, Santa Fe County Sheriffâs Office detectives said in a search warrant.
Police said they do not believe that foul play was a factor at this time and Denise Avila, a sheriffâs office spokeswoman, added there was no indication that any of them had been shot or had other types of wounds.
New Mexico Gas Company is working with the sheriffâs department in the investigation, spokesperson Tim Korte told the Associated Press.
The company tested gas lines in and around the home after the bodies were discovered, according to the warrant, and while no signs of problems were found, a detective noted that people exposed to gas leaks or carbon monoxide may not show signs of poisoning.
Hackmanâs daughters Elizabeth and Leslie, and his granddaughter Annie, said they will miss the actor âsorelyâ and are âdevastated by the lossâ.
A statement to the PA news agency said: âIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy.
âHe was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.â
Tributes have poured in from celebrities and influential figures across the globe, including the Prince of Wales, who said he was âso sad to hear the newsâ.
âHackman was a true genius of film who brought each and every character to life with power, authenticity and star quality,â he said in a post signed with a W on his shared X account with the Princess of Wales.
In another post, The Shawshank Redemption actor Morgan Freeman said âbringing the French Film Garde a Vue (Under Suspicion) to life with the incredibly gifted Gene Hackmanâ was âone of the personal highlights of my careerâ.
The thriller, released in 2000, saw Hackman play wealthy tax lawyer Henry Hearst who is questioned by Freemanâs character, Captain Victor Beneze, about the murder of a young girl.
American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola hailed Hackman as a âgreat actorâ who was âinspiring and magnificent in his work and complexityâ.
Coppola wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated 1974 mystery thriller The Conversation, which starred Hackman as a surveillance expert who has a crisis of conscience when he suspects the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Alongside a photo of them working on the film, Coppola wrote in an Instagram post: âThe loss of a great artist, always cause for both mourning and celebration: Gene Hackman a great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity.
âI mourn his loss, and celebrate his existence and contribution.â
Elsewhere singer Sting said the world had âlost a legendâ while actor and director Clint Eastwood said Hackman would be âdeeply missedâ.
Dirty Harry actor Eastwood starred opposite Hackman in 1997 political action thriller Absolute Power, where he played master jewel thief Luther Whitney.
Bafta also paid tribute, describing Hackman as a âmuch-celebrated actorâ who had an âillustrious careerâ.
The actor received two Oscars, two Baftas, four Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award in an acting career spanning six decades.
He secured the best actor Oscar and Bafta for his role as Detective Jimmy âPopeyeâ Doyle in 1971 thriller The French Connection.
Hackman landed a further Academy Award and Bafta in the best supporting actor category for his part in 1992 western Unforgiven, directed by Eastwood.
Born in California in 1930, Hackman left home at 16 to enlist in the marines and served from 1947 to 1952 as a field radio operator and then as a broadcast journalist.
He went on to study journalism and television production at the University of Illinois, but later decided to pursue an acting career.
Hackman had a few TV and theatre roles before breaking through with his performance in 1967âs Bonnie And Clyde, which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the title roles, and landed him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor.
He also picked up Oscar nods for his role in 1970âs I Never Sang For My Father and 1988 thriller Mississippi Burning.
The actor secured a new cohort of fans for his portrayal of supervillain Lex Luthor in the 1978 Superman film starring Christopher Reeve.
He reprised the role for its sequels, 1980âs Superman II and 1987âs Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.
Hackman acted opposite many Hollywood heavyweights, including Al Pacino in 1973âs Scarecrow, Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein (1974) and Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton in Reds (1981).
Other notable roles included hit movies The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Conversation (1974) and Runaway Jury (2003).
He had a comedic turn as a conservative senator in 1996âs The Birdcage alongside Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, who starred as a gay couple.
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa at the 65th Annual Academy Awards (Alamy/PA)
Hackman also featured in Wes Andersonâs star-studded The Royal Tenenbaums, and Welcome To Mooseport in 2004 was his last big screen appearance.
The actor found his feet on the stage in the early days of his career in the 1960s and performed in several Broadway theatres including at the Music Box Theatre for the comedy Any Wednesday.
He also appeared in Children From Their Games at the former Morosco Theatre, Poor Richard at the Helen Hayes Theatre and The Natural Look at the Longacre Theatre, before returning in 1992 to perform Death And The Maiden at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Hackman and his wife, a classical pianist, married in 1991.
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