Morgan Freeman’s Tearful Oscars 2025 Eulogy for Gene Hackman Will Break Your Heart

On March 2, 2025, the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles fell silent as Morgan Freeman took the stage at Oscars 2025 to deliver an emotional eulogy for his late friend and co-star, Gene Hackman. Just days after Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their Santa Fe home, Freeman’s heartfelt tribute during the Oscars’ In Memoriam segment left audiences in tears and sparked a wave of online tributes. From their shared cinematic legacy to the mystery still surrounding Hackman’s death, here’