Gene Hackman

 For fuck's sake, really?

The wrong people keep dying.

Added to the list of the wrong people Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, 63, who were found dead Wednesday in their Santa Fe, New Mexico.   

Also one of their 3 dogs. 

 The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said, “Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time however exact cause of death has not been determined." 

I admired Hackman's work in such films as Hoosiers and Mississippi Burning but it was in the Superman films with Christopher Reeve that I first encountered Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor.

Here is Gene Hackman in an uncredited role in Young Frankenstein.

Gene Hackman retired from acting about 20 years ago, leaving a commendable body of work as his legacy.

(I swear one day I am going to sit down and watch The French Connection.) 

It is a terrible shame he is no longer with us, particularly under such mysterious and tragic circumstances.  

Damn, why do the wrong people keep dying?

Rest in peace, Gene and Betsy.