So Long, Gene Hackman

I was grabbing a drink at the Tesuque Village Market outside Santa Fe, New Mexico when I finally spotted him. Stepping out of the romantic eatery El Nido with a cane in hand, there he was one sunny spring day—Gene Hackman. Living in Santa Fe for so many years, I had heard the stories from friends who had seen the man with their own eyes, but this was my first time spotting him in the wild. All 90-some years of age, he chose his steps carefully with his faithful wife, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, by his side.