Multiple accounts from family and those close to the late actor and his wife indicate the couple withdrew from everyone in their final days and weeks.

Friends of Gene Hackman, who was found dead on Wednesday alongside wife Betsy Arakawa, are reflecting on the late actor's final years, including his declining health. According to family friends Daniel and Barbara Lenihan,

Gene Hackman had become “reclusive” with his health “slipping” in his final months, his friends and neighbors said over the weekend. The legendary actor—who was found dead in his New Mexico mansion on Wednesday along with his wife and a German Shepherd—had stopped riding his bike and was “home-bound,