Gene Hackman, the Academy Award-winning actor who starred in popular sports films such as Hoosiers and The Replacements, was found dead at the ... the course of his acting career, which included ...

Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar winning legend of the silver screen, was found dead in his New Mexico home ... Hackman began acting in the late 1950s in local theater alongside another upstart ...

"He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career ... One of the couple's German shepherds was also found dead less than 15 feet from Arakawa in a closet ...

His prolific acting career came to a halt in 2004 after ... roles as Lex Luthor and in The French Connection, has been found dead alongside his wife, Betsy Hackman, and one of their dogs at ...