Daniel Arkin is a national reporter at NBC News.
Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor whose gruff but soulful turns in classics like “The French Connection,” “The Conversation” and “Unforgiven” made him one of the most respected performers in Hollywood, died on Thursday. He was 95. He was found dead alongside his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 63, a classical pianist and his second wife, according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.
Hackman brought unexpected pathos to the part of Buck, older brother of Beatty’s bank robber Clyde Barrow. Hackman picked up more film work in the late 1960s, including as a quietly intense Olympic coach in “Downhill Racer.” But with “The French Connection,” Hackman catapulted to new heights of fame and acclaim. In the role of vulgar, bigoted New York City narcotics cop Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, Hackman delivered a masterclass in sheer live-wire energy.
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