Morgan Freeman To Honor Gene Hackman at Oscars, Family Says

Gene Hackman will in all probability be honored all through The Oscars on Sunday night time time … and it seems an earlier buddy will in all probability be speaking regarding the legend.

A Hackman relative tells TMZ … the family has been suggested that Morgan Freeman will talk about Gene — which is able to in all probability be an extension of the in memoriam section.

Gene and Morgan in any case starred collectively throughout the Clint Eastwood fundamental “Unforgiven” … for which Gene scored his second Oscar. Morgan wasn’t nominated for the flick, nevertheless took residence his private Academy Award in 2005 for “Million Dollar Baby.”

Morgan and Gene later labored collectively throughout the 2000 thriller “Beneath Suspicion” … one in every of Gene’s last credit score sooner than he retired from performing in 2004.

We’re suggested Gene’s family will not be going to be in attendance for the current.

As TMZ beforehand reported … Gene and his partner Betsy have been found lifeless of their residence Wednesday, along with 1 of their 3 canine — and an investigation into merely what occurred is ongoing.

Santa Fe authorities talked about on Friday Gene’s pacemaker confirmed its last event was on February 17 … making investigators think about that’s when he died.

Toxicology experiences are pending, nevertheless every folks examined damaging for carbon monoxide, in step with the well being employee.