Gene Hackman left home and joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of sixteen, where he served four-and-a-half years as a field radio operator. After his discharge, he moved to New York, working in several minor jobs. Gene Hackman holds his Cecil B. DeMille award at the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jan. 19, 2003. Hackman will turn 80 years on Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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