Among those who knew Gene Hackman – and those who had never once seen him around the artistic hub of Santa Fe – theories about how he died are piling up.
Sante Fe | Settling in for a drink the other night at Jinja, the restaurant in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that Gene Hackman and his wife dined at and had invested in, a group of patrons decided to honour the couple by ordering a round of “Gene’s Mai-Tais” off the menu.
But in the days since Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found dead on the floor of their home, the toasts and tributes have been freighted with a sense of bewilderment.
