Irma and Joe Garcia were high school sweethearts and had four children together.
“EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief.”
“i truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy,” Martinez wrote. The tweet features a photo of Joe with his arm around Irma., Martinez said that he believed that his uncle died of “a broken heart.” He also noted that chest compressions were performed in an attempt to revive his uncle from what is believed to be cardiac arrest.
Broken heart syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo syndrome, can occur when someone “experiences sudden acute stress that can rapidly weaken the heart muscle,” according to
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