Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, shared a peaceful and private life, rich in adventure, art and genuine love, before their unexpected deaths, their friends fondly remember.

Leslie Ann is one of the three children from Hackman's first marriage to Faye Maltese. In her conversation with MailOnline, at 58 years old, she confessed that she had lost contact with her father in the time leading up to his passing, a sentiment echoed by Arakawa and her mother, Yoshie Feaster.