A judge of Santa Fe has given a temporary house ban against the release of photos of the bodies of actor Gene Hackman and his wife.
A representative for the estates of the Oscar winner and his wife Betsy Arakawa has submitted the request that the court approved on Monday.
A hearing about the case is planned for March 31 or.
The Oscar winner's bodies and his wife were found earlier this month in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, at home.
The released limiting order also contains images of the interior of the house of the couple.
Hackman died of heart conditions with complications of Alzheimer's disease about a week after a rare disease had taken his wife's lives. The screen legend, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's, apparently did not know that his wife was dead.
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa can be seen in 1989
Hackman was found at the entrance of the house and Arakawa was found in a bathroom.
Their beloved dog Zina hunged death in a kennel somewhere after Arakawa died.
All three bodies dissected with some mummification, a consequence of body type and climate in the particularly dry air of Santa Fe at an altitude of almost 7,200 feet.
Arakawa, born in Hawaii, studied as a concert pianist, went to the University of southern California and met Hackman in the mid-1980s while working in a Californian gym.
Hackman, a Hollywood icon, won two Oscars during a legendary career in films, including the French connection, Hoosiers and Superman from the 1960s to his retirement in the early 2000s.
The couple led a private life after his move to Santa Fe decades ago. A representative for the PAAR estate has cited that privacy in trying to block the public release of autopsy and research reports with regard to their death, especially photos and video. It will be up to a district judge to consider that request.
