A couple that was married for 65 years died just hours apart after spending some time together one last time.
Jack and Harriet Morrison both died earlier this month at a nursing home in St. Louis, Missouri. They spent their final hours together thanks to the nursing staff at The Woodlands of Arnold."This is what movies are made of," their niece, Sue Wagener, told CNN."They were truly in love."Scour the headlines and you'll find many cases where when one half of a long-married couple dies, the second death follows. Doctors often call it broken heart syndrome.
As the business grew, Jack eventually sold it to retire in his early 50's. When he became a licensed pilot, the two traveled around the world. "I'm sure that they went two or three times to every state across the United States," Wagener said."They went to Australia, they went to Germany, they went to Russia."The later yearsJack and Harriet Morrison holding hands during their last months together. Harriet was admitted to the nursing home about a year and a half ago.
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