Notable Obituaries.

That’s sad. He must have been walking around that house while she laid there. Probably didn’t even know she had gone.
 
This is a really nice article about him. I had always assumed he was a swashbuckling, hellraiser type in real life. But the opposite is true. He was a consummate professional who just loved acting and took it incredibly seriously:

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Gene Hackman 'loved acting and hated everything that went with it'

Those who knew him discuss his brilliance, as well as his disdain for the trappings of Hollywood.
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In Get Shorty, Hackman starred alongside Travolta, who plays a Miami mobster sent to collect a debt.

"Gene was a consummate actor, both technically and artistically. So he came to set every day knowing his lines," Sonnenfeld said.

"John came to set not knowing his lines, probably not having read the script the night before."

That resulted in a showdown on the first day of filming.

Sonnenfeld recalls Travolta – who he describes as "charming but not self aware" – asking Hackman what he had done on the weekend.

Hackman responded: "Nothing except learn the lines," to which Travolta replied, "Well that's a waste of a weekend," according to Sonnenfeld.

As filming went on, Hackman grew "angrier and angrier" at his co-star not knowing his lines.
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