(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia and Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - ...

Hollywood stars are beginning to share tributes following the news of storied actor Gene Hackman's death at the age of 95. Director Francis Ford Coppola, who wrote and directed the 1974 thriller "The ...

Gene Hackman didn’t need a conversation to get his words across. Eight months after the legendary actor died at the age of 95, Keanu Reeves—who played the football player to Gene’s coach in 2000’s The ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Gene Hackman was found dead inside his New Mexico home on Feb. 26, 2025, at the age of 95. The acclaimed actor’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, had also died of a rare virus – a week before ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Details about the couple’s plans for Hackman’s reportedly US$80 million fortune are ...