Gene Hackman ... decades of pain. Hackman's military service began when he was still a teen. At age 16, not long after his father left the family, he dropped out of high school and was lying ...

Gene Hackman, born on Jan. 30, 1930, is one of those Hollywood legends who seems larger than life. And though he retired from acting in 2004, Hackman has kept busy as a novelist, writing several ...