Oscar winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, 63, were tragically found dead at their New Mexico home alongside one of their three dogs

Authorities in New Mexico say actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease likely a week after his wife died of hantavirus.

His mother was a waitress; his father, a violent man, struggled to find work during the Depression, and abandoned the family when Gene was 13. Years later, Hackman recalled that as his father drove away for the last time,