The death of Hollywood icon Gene Hackman saddened millions — and a legendary ex-NYPD detective who tutored him in his most famous screen role in “The French Connection” is feeling his loss more than ...

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the ...

Hackman won two Oscars during his decades-spanning career. From a hard-nosed narcotics officer, to an inspirational basketball coach, to a corrupt Western sheriff and more, Gene Hackman's Oscar and ...

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 ...

Gene Hackman was one of Hollywood’s last great everyman actors. Whether playing tough guy cops, a superhero villain or the eccentric head of a family of New York aristocrats, the star – who died ...

Gene Hackman spent his final years surrounded by peace and love. More than a month after The French Connection star and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their New Mexico home alongside one of ...