Gene Hackman was honored at the Academy Awards by his 'Unforgiven' co-star Morgan Freeman: "Our community lost a giant. And I lost a dear friend."

"I speak for us all when I say Gene, you'll be remembered for that and for so much more. Rest in peace, my friend," Hackman's "Unforgiven" co-star Freeman said.

Freeman and Hackman, who was found dead last week at the age of 95, appeared together in the 1992 western “Unforgiven.”