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19. Duvall and Gene Hackman roomed with Dustin Hoffman

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 04:52 PM

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in NYC in the 1960's. Hackman died just about a year ago a d he was 95 too.

"Robert Duvall was roommates and close friends with both Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman in New York City during the late 1950s and early 1960s while they were all struggling, unknown actors. The trio, often referred to as "the three musketeers," lived in or shared apartments on the Upper West Side and supported each other through a period of, at times, uncertain futures before becoming major Hollywood stars."

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