Hollywood actor Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa, and their dog have been found dead. The bodies of the 95-year-old and his wife were discovered at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Gene Hackman, the iconic Oscar award-winning actor, has died. Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead at their Santa Fe home.

Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their New Mexico home Wednesday, authorities said.

“Villains are always the best roles,” Hackman told The Washington Post in 1996. “It’s the best kind of acting. The things you get to do.” “Dysfunctional families have sired a lot of pretty good actors,” Hackman told The New York Times in 2001.

Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning 'Unforgiven' and 'French Connection' actor who was an onscreen fixture for 40 years, has died at 95.

Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, 65, and their dog were found dead Wednesday afternoon in their home outside Santa Fe, New Mexico ... fans as the comical villain Lex Luthor in three "Superman" films.