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UK couple married for 71 years dies within 4 minutes of each other
by Seva Lamberdar Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:33 am
LONDON: A British couple married for over 70 years died within four minutes of each other. Wilf Russell, 93, died at a care home after battling dementia, which had resulted in him no longer being able to recognize his wife.
Wilf's wife Vera, 91, passed away at a nearby hospital after falling ill since her husband "stopped remembering her."
Frail Wilf breathed his last at Magna Care Home in Wigston, Leicestershire, at 6:50am last Wednesday, while Vera was pronounced dead four minutes later at Leicester Royal Infirmiry.
Their granddaughter Stephanie Welch told Leicester Mercury, "My grandad was diagnosed with dementia a year ago and he had to be taken to the care home a couple of months back. My grandmother went to see him recently and he didn't recognise her at all -- her health started deteriorating from that day."
"I went to visit her at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Sunday and as soon as she opened her eyes, she asked me where Wilf was. The last thing she said to me was, 'We're a right pair, aren't we?" Welch said.
"He died at 6:50am and she died at 6:54am without being told about Wilf. I think she was waiting for him to go. She was heartbroken," she said. ............
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/uk-couple-married-for-71-years-die-within-4-minutes-of-each-other/articleshow/57991472.cms
Wilf's wife Vera, 91, passed away at a nearby hospital after falling ill since her husband "stopped remembering her."
Frail Wilf breathed his last at Magna Care Home in Wigston, Leicestershire, at 6:50am last Wednesday, while Vera was pronounced dead four minutes later at Leicester Royal Infirmiry.
Their granddaughter Stephanie Welch told Leicester Mercury, "My grandad was diagnosed with dementia a year ago and he had to be taken to the care home a couple of months back. My grandmother went to see him recently and he didn't recognise her at all -- her health started deteriorating from that day."
"I went to visit her at Leicester Royal Infirmary on Sunday and as soon as she opened her eyes, she asked me where Wilf was. The last thing she said to me was, 'We're a right pair, aren't we?" Welch said.
"He died at 6:50am and she died at 6:54am without being told about Wilf. I think she was waiting for him to go. She was heartbroken," she said. ............
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/uk-couple-married-for-71-years-die-within-4-minutes-of-each-other/articleshow/57991472.cms
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