The jarring, mysterious death of Gene Hackman marks a tragic end to one of the truly great actors of his generation.

(FILES) US actor Gene Hackman, who stars in British director Stephen Hopkins’ movie “Under Suspicion”, poses during the film’s photocall ... of the tough and vulgar New York cop Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle ...

He held his pose upright, exaggerating his follow-through ... a kill-shot of a run that mimics the effects of Popeye’s ...

The late, great Gene Hackman was a working-class guy from Danville, Illinois, the son of a waitress and a pressman for a ...

The late Gene Hackman leaves a legacy of cinematic grasping, of striving for more. What's more common—or more American—than that?

LONDON, Feb 27 (Bernama-PA Media/dpa) -- Oscar-winning US actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in New Mexico in the United States. The Santa Fe County ...

Italian actress Monica Bellucci (R), US actors Thomas Jane (L) and Gene Hackman (C) pose during the photocall of British director ... He is perhaps best known as vulgar New York cop Jimmy “Popeye” ...

FILE - "The Royal Tenenbaums" cast member Gene Hackman poses at the premiere of the film in the Hollywood ... as the rules-bending New York City detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in the 1971 thriller ...

The film follows a soon-to-be groom who convinces his gay parents to pose as straight to appease his conservative ... Hackman played Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in this gritty crime thriller, which ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their New Mexico home, alongside ...