Investigators are searching for answers after Hollywood giant Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead at their home under suspicious circumstances; What we know about the deaths; What was Hackman famous for?

The everyman actor with movie star charisma shined brightest in “The Conversation" and “Hoosiers.” Most people have a favorite Gene Hackman performance. I have two. The actor, a chameleonic everyman with a movie star’s charisma,

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn’t a star until he was 40 and possessed a face he once described as “your everyday mineworker.