Couple Married For 64 Years Die Within Hours Of Each Other

Despite what celebrity marriages may have taught us - true love is out there.

Take this couple, Dolores Winstead, 83 and her husband Trent, 88, from Tennessee. As they were approaching their 64th wedding anniversary, Trent became very ill. He was admitted to Saint Thomas West Hospital after suffering kidney failure but his condition rapidly deteriorated.

Dolores, who was healthy as she stood at his bedside, suffered a brain aneurysm as she watched her husband dying.

The hospital put their beds next to each other, and they held hands in the hour prior to their deaths.

On December 9, at 9:10pm, Dolores passed away. Their son, Eddie, leaned over and told Trent that she'd passed on. He then blew her a kiss and died a few hours later.

Their daughter, Sheryl, told the Washington Post: "Because she was gone, he just could not handle it. We just watched him die.

"I hadn't thought about it this way at the time. (He) literally, he died of a broken heart.

"Never in a million years did I think I was going to come out of the hospital with neither one."

Absolutely tragic.

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Topics: Feels, Married

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay has been a Senior Journalist for Tyla and LADbible since 2015. She started her career writing obituaries and funeral guides online. Since then, her work has been published in a wide variety of national and local news sites. She is part of the BBC's Generation project and has spoken about young people, politics and mental health on television, radio and online. Contact her - [email protected]

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