Gene Hackman's lonely end in the mud room of his Santa Fe mansion - a week after the death of his wife in the bathroom from a rat-borne virus - was as far away from the spotlight as possible.
* Gene Hackman, 95, died from heart disease days after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, died from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in their home.
* Hackman, who had Alzheimer's, may not have known his wife had died.
* He was found dead near the kitchen after an apparent fall, having been without food.
* One of the couple's dogs was also found dead near Arakawa's body.