Coppola said: “The loss of a great artist, always cause for both mourning and celebration: Gene Hackman a great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity.
But the legendary actor's daughter, Elizabeth Jean Hackman, has told TMZ they believe the couple may have died from toxic fumes which caused carbon monoxide poisoning.
THE family of Gene Hackman believe the two-time Oscar winner and his wife Betsy Arakawa may have been poisoned in a suspected gas leak.
The great filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, who worked with Gene in the 1974 film The Conversation, remembered him as a "great actor".
Chris Ramirez, spokesperson for the New Mexico medical investigator’s office, says confirmation from the medical examiner's office could still take anywhere between four to six weeks.
