Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead at his home in New Mexico on February 26, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, who was 65 at the time of her death

A representative of the Hackman estate had sued to keep the presumably grizzly photos — shot after the actor had been dead for a week, and Arakawa for two weeks — out of the public

The exact details may never be known, but Mr. Hackman, 95 with advanced Alzheimer’s, was alone for about a week after his wife and sole caregiver died.