() — A New Mexico judge on Monday blocked the release of any records showing the bodies of late actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa.

However, he allowed for their autopsy reports and other investigative records to be released.

Julia Peters, the estate representative for the couple, requested that images, videos, and documents be kept confidential in order to safeguard the family’s right to privacy, as reported by The Associated Press.

The Hackman family’s legal action also aimed to prevent the disclosure of autopsy findings by the Office of the Medical Investigator and reports from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office concerning the death investigation.

There had been a temporary hold on the release of the records pending the hearing.

Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 65, were found dead in their Santa Fe home on Feb.26 by maintenance workers. One of their dogs, Zinna, also died.

Officials indicated that Hackman, aged 95, passed away due to heart disease, with Alzheimer’s complications potentially occurring up to a week following Arakawa’s death from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Kurt Sommer, an attorney for the estate, said during a hearing Monday that Hackman and Arakawa took great pains to stay out of the public light. The right to control the use of their names and likenesses should extend to their estate in death, he argued.

One witness, Susan Madore, the co-CEO of Guttman Associates Public Relations and Marketing who worked with Hackman and Arakawa, called the couple “lovely” and kind. 

Hackman was a little shy and reserved until one got to know him, Madore remembered, while Arakawa had a “really wonderful sense of humor.” 

She testified about how important privacy was to them, and said Hackman regularly denied interviews over the years. The couple “liked their private life in Santa Fe,” Madore said.

Publishing footage of events surrounding his death is something Hackman would have “never agreed” to in his life, Madore said. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.