Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in Santa Fe home

It's still unclear how Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, died at their Santa Fe home, though authorities said they don't suspect foul play.

Hackman and Freeman's friendship spanned decades. The two starred together in the 1992 Clint Eastwood-directed western “Unforgiven” and 2000's “Under Suspicion,” but Freeman admired Hackman's work for years before they met.

The multitalented actor and novelist Hackman infused humanity and his trademark laugh into even his villain roles, a particular specialty in his four-decade film career – from the gleeful megalomaniac Lex Luthor in the "Superman" franchise, his nuke-happy submarine commander in 1995's "Crimson Tide," his conniving ...