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A star who loathed the limelight, Gene Hackman and his pianist wife lived as recluses for decades in their sprawling mansion - watching TV comedy and low-budget DVDs, writes TOM LEONARD

The bodies of 95-year-old Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, a 63-year-old classical pianist, were 'partially mummified' -revealing the extent to which the couple had isolated themselves.