Gene Hackman kept a treasure trove of possessions from his glittering career, despite declaring he wasn't "nostalgic" and didn’t bother taking home film memorabilia, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

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The items were collected from his Santa Fe home, where Hackman and his second wife, Betsy Arakawa, were tragically found dead in February, as well as one of their dogs.

Arakawa, 65, had contracted hantavirus, a rare disease linked to rodents that can cause respiratory failure. She died about a week before her 95-year-old husband,

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