As details continue to emerge about Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths, here’s everything to know about the classical pianist who won the Academy Award winner’s heart.

The Oscar-winner starred in The French Connection, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure, The Royal Tenenbaums amid a host of other movies.

Five years ago, the Tri-Cities community came together to raise money through a series of fundraisers for a Kennewick man waiting on a heart and liver transplant. After a ...