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As a Hollywood star retirement, Gene Hackman It was very generous, as one of his friends and former business partners remembers.
Doug Lanham He owned Jinja Bar & Bistro in Santa Fe in New Mexico when he first met Hackman. Both affected friendship and Hackman eventually became a co -owner of a restaurant that specializes in “cultures and cuisine Pacific and East Asia”, according to his Site.
Although Hackman sold his stake in the bistro about seven years ago, Lanham said TMZA late actor, whose death was announced at the beginning of this week, would still come to food occasionally and pay the cards of several happy patrons.
Lanham also remembered Hackman’s wife, Betsy ArakawaHe kept his husband on a strict diet, so he often ordered salmon from rice paper. Hackman could slip cheating food when Golf was outside, Lanham added.
Hackman and Arakaway’s bodies have been found He was 95 years old in his home Santa Fe on Wednesday 26 February and was 64 years old. The cause of death was not determined. The authorities have described the circumstances of their death as “suspect”, but do not suspect a foul.
As the investigation of their death continues, Lanham remembered his friend about his humor and shared some of his practical jokes, like when Hackman put his finger in Lanham’s back and told him to “reach for the stars”.
Since the news of Hackman’s death on Thursday, more of his colleagues came with their memories the actor of the winning Oscar.
“The loss of a big artist, always the cause of sadness and celebrations: Gene Hackman, great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity,” Francis Ford Coppolawho directed Hackman in a conversation in 1974, he wrote through Instagram. “I mourned his loss and celebrate his existence and post.”
Dustin HoffmanHe had known Hackman for decades, called him “giant among the actors”.
“I met Gene in an acting school, Pasadena Playhouse when he was 27 years old and I was 19 years old. Marlon Brando“He added in a statement Period. “And Gene was like Brando, in that he brought something unprecedented to our craft, something people didn’t immediately understand as a genius.”
Star Trek actor George Takei He also shared his thoughts over X.
“Gene Hackman could have played anyone and you felt a whole life after him,” he wrote. “It could all be and no one, the towering presence or everyday Joe.” He was an actor so much. He will miss him, but his work will live forever. ”