Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa's estates reportedly owe more than $98,000 in credit card debt, according to ...

Gene Hackman didn’t just act-he transformed. With his passing in 2025 at the age of 94, the world said goodbye to a true ...

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers coach Norman Dale in “Hoosiers,” the 1986 movie loosely based on ...

But, when most Americans considered Hackman’s career this past few days, they thought immediately of his role as Coach Norman Dale in Hoosiers, a 1986 box office hit that never reached Irish ...

That's how it felt Thursday night when I sat and watched Gene Hackman play Coach Norman Dale one more time in "Hoosiers." The world learned about the mysterious death of Hackman, his wife and a ...

Seventeen years earlier, he had made the Hoosiers film and helped turn it into a big hit as that unforgettable coach Norman Dale, leading Hickory High to a storied state championship as a lovable ...

There's one reason Hackman's dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans: His unforgettable role as Norman Dale, coach of the feel-good, state champion Hickory Huskers from a tiny Indiana town.

There’s one reason Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans: His unforgettable role as Norman Dale, coach of the feel-good, state champion Hickory Huskers from a tiny ...

Bobby Plump -– the real-life Jimmy Chitwood –- said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest of the world.

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers coach Norman Dale in “Hoosiers,” the 1986 movie loosely based on ...