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.

Betsy Arakawa "was still trying to keep [Gene Hackman] as active and engaged and healthy as possible” before his death, family friend Aaron Lenihan exclusively told PEOPLE

Family friends of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa claimed the actor’s health was failing in the months leading up to his death. Husband and wife Daniel and Barbara Lenihan and their son Aaron — family friends of Hackman,

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,

Gene Hackman‘s health was waning for months before his tragic death alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa in their Santa Fe home, Knewz.com can reveal. Several of the Unforgiven actor‘s closest family friends opened up about Hackman’s health,

Hackman’s longtime friend said that “in recent times” the two-time Oscar winner was “essentially kind of home-bound.”

Legendary actor Gene Hackman, who was discovered dead at his home in New Mexico earlier this week, had been struggling in recent months, according to close friends. In an interview with People, family friends Daniel and Barbara Lenihan,