Gene Hackman, a and two-time Oscar winner, was found dead along with his wife and dog in their New Mexico home Wednesday, though investigators believe they may and the cause of death has yet to be revealed.
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Questions swirl around the deaths as details of the scene trickle out. Here is what we know:
What we know about the deaths
Investigators in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have not said whether they have determined the cause of death.
According to a search warrant affidavit, a maintenance worker called police after finding the bodies Wednesday. He reported the home香蕉视频直播檚 front door was open when he arrived to do routine work.
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Police said they found the body of a German shepherd in the bathroom closet. Two other dogs were found alive on the property.
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An investigator noted people may not show signs of poisoning if they are exposed to gas leaks or carbon monoxide, but also there weren香蕉视频直播檛 signs of a leak.
Results of autopsies conducted on both bodies were not available Thursday, authorities said.
What was Hackman famous for?
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As a boy, films offered Hackman an escape from a with an abusive father who left the family when Hackman was 13.
How is Hollywood reacting?
Sympathy and admiration for Hackman including director Francis Ford Coppola, actor-director Clint Eastwood and actor Bill Murray.
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Who was his wife?
was born in Hawaii in December 1959 and grew up in the state. She studied piano while growing up in Honolulu and, as an 11-year-old sixth grader, performed in youth concerts in front of thousands of first and second graders at the Honolulu International Center Concert Hall, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported in 1971.
Arakawa attended the University of Southern California from 1981 through 1983, the university said in an email.
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The classically trained pianist met Hackman while working part-time at a California gym in the mid-1980s. They soon moved in together and relocated to Santa Fe by the end of the decade.
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Where were Hackman and his wife living?
Their Southwestern-style ranch sits atop a hill with views of the Rocky Mountains far from Hollywood. The area is known as a preferred location among artists and a retreat for celebrities.
The home was featured in a 1990 article by . The four-bedroom, 8,700-square-foot (808-square-meter) structure on 6 acres (2.4 hectares) had an estimated market value of a little over $4 million, according to Santa Fe County property tax records.
Hackman often was seen around the historic state capital. His hobbies included painting, deep-sea diving and, later in life, writing novels. The couple enjoyed watching DVDs that Arakawa would rent, Hackman told the film magazine .
In his later years, Hackman was seen far less in public. Papers reported sightings of Hackman in mundane scenarios, such as when The New York Post detailed the former actor pumping gas and getting a chicken sandwich at Wendy香蕉视频直播檚 in 2023.
