The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

"The Final Days of an Icon."

2025

0h 41m

6.5(2 votes)

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A look at the mysterious, final weeks of Gene Hackman's life and their aftermath. How did the Hollywood icon die, alongside his wife and dog, far from the eyes of the world, not to be discovered until many days later?

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