[Gay State Conservative]

Sadly,it’s *very* common with old folks.One dies and the other is gone within days/weeks.

[forgotten man]

I wanted my Mom and Dad to die in their sleep in bed together on the same night. Unfortunately it did not end that way.

[gundog]

Yeah.... I was thinking that this may be one of those cases, even before Barbara died.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes , doubt he will last long now.

[doomtrooper99]

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds come to mind... :-(

[Hieronymus]

I’m not so sure that it is sad. I had a great grandfather who buried his wife, went home, sat down on the front porch, and died. My wife’s last two grandparents went within about nine months of each other this past year. I doubt he wanted to face a winter without her.

[mass55th]

Very true. I didn’t think he was going to be around much longer after his wife passed. It happens a lot.

[Bogie]

Yeah, it’s, after all the years, just too much to deal with.

[Pajamajan]

"Sadly,it's *very* common with old folks. One dies and the other is gone within days/weeks."

Yes and even more so the longer the couple has been married. Prayers for their family.

[dfwgator]

Sepsis got JP II.

[angcat]

Yes I said it he will go with her soon.

[Sirius Lee]

Sadly,it’s *very* common with old folks.One dies and the other is gone within days/weeks.

Yup. Some people are "married" married.

[glasseye]

My father told me years ago he was ‘taking care of himself’ because ‘mother’ could not do well alone.
Dad is 88, mom is 85...they left Sunday on a 27 day cruz out of Florida ending in Scotland then a 15 hour flight home.
Nice to have healthy parents.
Even better to know you have AWESOME genes.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep, they live for each other. My great aunt and uncle died just days apart.

[gigster]

My Mom died eleven months to the day after my Dad died. He went on December 18, 2010, and Mom passed on November 18, 2011.

[jazminerose]

Yes, like night follows day.