The Mel Brooks classic Young Frankenstein turns 50 this month. Here are 12 stories of how it came alive.... alive! Cleavon Little (L) and Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles. Warner Bros. Brooks, who ...

The Davis Musical Theatre Company has been dying to bring Mel Brooks’ comedic masterpiece, “Young Frankenstein the Musical ... in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he exclaims as ...

What if Hollywood really looked at him and saw a freak? “Young Frankenstein” is when Hackman got to come alive, when he realized he could control his image and his moves. Comedy let us know ...

He won two Academy Awards — for The French Connection and ... saying that "little scene" convinced them that "Gene Hackman may be the finest actor alive." Hackman and Bonnie & Clyde director Arthur ...

Investigation intensifies after pacemaker sheds light on time of death - The Oscar-winning actor, best known for ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Conversation’, was found dead along with his wife Bets ...

The Oscar-winning star, who was found dead in his home at 95, was no stranger to Memphis, from filming "The Firm" to visiting Burke's Book Store.

Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in New Mexico, authorities said.

Authorities say Betsy Arakawa likely died days before Hackman, and it's possible he was not aware because of advanced Alzheimer's.

The Office of the Medical Investigator said Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of complications of severe heart disease and Alzheimer's disease and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. OMI ...

Looks-wise, he had a humbleness that allowed him play to cops, working men and the president of the United States. The voice could grumble and soar, scraping the deepest recesses of evil and reaching ...

The 95-year-old actor's Alzheimer's means it is "quite possible" he was unaware of his wife's death, say officials.