Hollywood star Gene Hackman was found dead on Wednesday in addition to his 34 year old wife Betsy Arakawa in their house in Santa Fe.
The couple married in 1991 after moving together in 1990 to their house in New Mexico.
Classically trained pianist Arakawa was the junior of her husband for 32 years, with two-time Oscar winner Hackman recently turned 95 and his 63-year-old wife.
Allegedly they started to date in the mid -80s, reportedly after they met in a gym in California.
Arakawa, which is assumed to be born in Hawaii, a career in classical music at the time strived while working in the gym.
She was a competent musician who was classically trained as a pianist.
Hackman later stated that their relationship started after his divorce from his first wife Faye Maltese, whom he was married from 1956 to 1986.
Discussing what similarities he had with his character Harry Mackenzie in the film twice in a life in 1985, he told the Sun-Sentinel in South Florida: 'By the way, I did not leave my real wife for a younger woman.
“We have just been discharged apart. We have lost sight of each other. When you work in this company, the marriage takes a lot of work and love. '
Hackman and Maltese together had three children – Christopher Allen and daughters Leslie Anne and Elizabeth Jean – who became Arakawa stepmother.
The couple married in 1991 after moving together to their house in New Mexico in 1990,
The couple had a love for German shepherds, at one point in possession of three after an adopted in 1999
In 1990, the same year that they moved together, Hackman underwent angioplasty because of congestive heart failure.
This was part of his reason to retire with making films, according to reports, and in 2008 he told Reuters: 'I did not held a press conference to announce pension, but yes, I will no longer act. I really don't want to do it anymore. '
The couple had a love for German shepherds, at one point in possession of three after an approval of one in 1999.
Tragically enough, their beloved dog was found dead next to the couple.
Local media have reported that there is no false game in their death.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza did not cause a cause of death, nor he said when the couple were to died when he was asked by local media.
He was known as a withdrawn person, because he did not play in a film since 2004, when he played Monroe 'Eagle' Cole in the political satire welcome in Mooseport.
The actor was first pushed into the spotlight when he played in Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, and he played the leading role in a whole series of beloved films and TV programs such as Superman, the French connection and Get Shorty, to name just a few.
But in 2004 he announced that he was ready as an actor. He packed his things, left Los Angeles for the silence of New Mexico – and he never looked back.
Some initially thought that the shocking decision had to do with his marriage.
The Oscar-Award-winning actor actually stopped acting because of the serious stress he had, which became too much to tackle after he started having problems with his heart.
Gene Hackman, seen here with Estelle Parsons, was found dead next to his wife
The legendary actor had recently become 95
He was married to the classic pianist Betsy Arakawa (photo, right)
Hackman won two Oscars in his life
Last year he and Betsy, a 63-year-old classical pianist, were held up for the first time in two decades.
Hackman was spotted with his wife's arm for balance when the couple grabbed a bite in Pappadeaux's Seafood Kitchen in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Before the dinner date, Hackman enjoyed a cup of coffee and some apple pie from a local Speedway store according to the New York Post.
The outing of the couple marks the first time that they were seen together in public for 21 years, with the last time at the Golden Globe Awards 2003, where he won the Cecil B. Demille Award.
The legendary double Oscar winner and his old partner seemed to be in a good mood when they left the restaurant together.
He also explained his passion for writing novels and said: 'I actually love its loneliness. It is similar to acting in some ways, but it is more private and I feel that I have more control over what I am trying to say and do. '
'There is always a compromise in acting and in film, you work with so many people and everyone has an opinion. … I don't know I like it more than acting, it's just different. I find it relaxing and reassuring. '
In 2011 he was asked by GQ if he would ever retire to make another film, to which Hackman replied: “If I could do it in my own house, perhaps, without disturbing something and only one or two people.”
However, he has not completely loved the industry because he has told two documentaries from Marine Corps: the unknown flag display of Iwo Jima (2016) and WE, the Marines (2017).
Born in California on January 30, 1930, the actor had hired himself in the army after he lied at the age of 16 and served four and a half years.
After moving to California after his military service, he decided to pursue acting after he had lived in New York briefly.
