A two-time Academy Award winner and a dogged Everyman in many of his roles, Hackman was remembered by collaborators and co-stars after his death.

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s most respected and honored performers, has been found dead along with his wife at their home.

Gene Hackman abruptly retired from Hollywood and lived in seclusion in Sante Fe, New Mexico for two decades before his mysterious death alongside wife Betsy Arakawa in025