Bright White Death

The man who's flat is opposite me (rear window style) died in the last hour.
He used an effective way of letting it be known that he was in distress...he opened a thick brown curtain and one of his windows for the FIRST TIME ever and put a ringing alarm clock by it.
That was quite a dramatic message I thought. Maybe its why he'd never opened them before.
It must have been a shock for him to be suddenly in full, blinding bright sunlight.
I have no idea what he looked like.
I had actually thought of him as Gregor (in Metamorphosis)