My friend past away two months ago from a heart seisure and his wife has tried to retrieve his Google account with no success. She does know his password but he had that phone thing activated where you receive a code on you phone.
She doesn't have his phone anymore as it was a subscription and was canceled shortly after his death.<p>My request is that someone from here (as I know people from Google lurk here) lend me a hand with this. I'm happy to answer any questions regarding him and his account.
Follow the instructions here:<p><a href="https://support.google.com/mail/answer/14300?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/mail/answer/14300?hl=en</a><p>Google has ~1 billion users, this isn't a terribly uncommon problem.