What You Need To Know. A search warrant shows that Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs had been dead for some time when a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the ...

Doug Lanham, who met Hackman in 2004 through his Santa Fe restaurant Jinja Bar & Bistro, recalled the incident. “There was a time Gene was in L.A.,” Lanham said.

Gene Hackman was tired of playing villains by his later years, but Clint Eastwood convinced him to portray the greatest one he ever played. advertisement. ScreenRant.