Gene Hackman’s long-time collaborator and friend, Morgan Freeman, paid tribute to him at the Academy Awards on Sunday. The ceremony opened with an in memoriam segment, where Freeman said the film community had “lost a giant” due to Hackman’s passing. The 95-year-old actor was found dead last week along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa.
Hackman and Freeman appeared together in two notable films: the 1992 western “Unforgiven,” which won Hackman an Oscar, and the 2000 thriller “Under Suspicion.” The cause of their deaths has sparked questions in Hollywood and among the community in Santa Fe.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/movies/gene-hackman-oscars-tribute.html