Couple die peacefully within hours of each other

[Frank the Tank]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...75924-sun.html

A sad but really nice story of the power of love. A few years ago, my wife's grandparents in Winnipeg died within a couple of months of one another. I thought that was pretty powerful. Turns out these two were even more connected.

[Cowperson]

It's not uncommon, in long-lived marriages of great love, for elderly couples to pass within the same year . . . . . I've seen that lots actually.

The elderly survivor just seems to give up.

Cowperson

[return to the red]

ever seen the movie the notebook.

It would be hard to live without your loved one but my wife's grandmother has lived without her husband for nearly 20 years and is now in her 90's

[octothorp]

There's a Ben Folds song called 'The Luckiest' which has a verse describing such a couple, and it makes me well-up with tears every time I listen to it.

[Mike Oxlong]

I have seen that happen with both sets of my grandparents. Not that they died within hours of each other but in both cases my Grandmother died first and left my grandfather alone. Both Grandfather's almost seemed to give up and you could immediately see their own health failing after they lost their wives. The downhill slide started and soon enough I lost all my grandparents.

I guess after being with someone for 50-60 years losing them is just too much to overcome at their age. It's like they are truly dying from a broken heart.

[The Goon]

Don't forget Johnny Cash passing away just a few months after June Carter Cash died.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

It's not uncommon, in long-lived marriages of great love, for elderly couples to pass within the same year . . . . . I've seen that lots actually.

The elderly survivor just seems to give up.

Cowperson

My mothers parents died within 6 months of each other. It was was my grandma first and then my grandpa 6 months later. They say my grandpa died of a broken heart as he lost the will to live when my grandma passed away.

[metallicat]

That story is so touching.

We had some elderly neighbors living across the street from us, and the lady had always taken care of the man. He has lost both legs to due a disease I'm not familiar with. Last year, he went into an extended care facility, and every single day, this old lady would get on a bus and be with her husband for the entire day. And then he died. Apparently the lady got progressively more and more depressed as a couple months went on.

She committed suicide in her house, only to have her daughter (who also lived there) and my mother find her body. Truly tragic.

[Reaper]

Now that I'm married, I can completely understand how it happens. You end up living your lives for each other and when one of you dies that late in life then the one left behind has no more reason to live and eventually gives up.

[pepper24]

Reminds me of the movie 'The Notebook'

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by return to the red

ever seen the movie the notebook.

You poor poor married people...

[HelloHockeyFans]

Yeah, the same thing happened to my Grandfather, who passed a few months after my Grandmother left.

Are these examples of the loss being too much for the person left alone? Or is it simply a matter of a high probability of an elderly person to pass at that age?

[timbit]

Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans

Yeah, the same thing happened to my Grandfather, who passed a few months after my Grandmother left.

Are these examples of the loss being too much for the person left alone? Or is it simply a matter of a high probability of an elderly person to pass at that age?

I think it's called true love.

[tkflames]

That is truely beautiful.