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Inseparable couple, married 70 years, die hand-in-hand days before COVID vaccination – 7NEWS.com.au
A nurse told Dick Meek that his wife, with her head on his shoulder, had passed. ‘And within minutes, he was gone.’
Childhood sweethearts who were inseparable during their 70 years of marriage died of COVID-19 while holding hands in an Ohio hospital, their family told CNN.
Dick Meek, 89, and Shirley Meek, 87, passed away within minutes of each other on January 16 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the family said.
They never had to go through until death do us part, said their daughter Debbie Howell.
They never had to do that because they were together and were ever so grateful.
The couple was…
