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,

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.”