NAMES IN THE NEWS : Gene Hackman Out of Hospital
Gene Hackman has been released from a hospital after he narrowly avoided a heart attack.
Denise Tomasovic, spokeswoman for St. Vincent Hospital & Health Center, said Sunday the 60-year-old actor was released Saturday.
Hackman, who lives in Beverly Hills, checked into the hospital Tuesday with pain in his chest and arm. He had been vacationing in Oregon after completing a movie in Europe called “Dinosaur.”
An artery leading to Hackman’s heart had narrowed dangerously, and doctors had to dilate it with a balloon catheter.
Dr. Herbert Semler, the cardiologist who treated him, said the actor is in good health and could resume his active life.
Hackman’s most acclaimed role was the rough-and-tumble narcotics cop Popeye Doyle in 1971’s “The French Connection.” He won an Oscar for that performance.
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