Good for him, old guys have a rough time of it after their wives die.

Uncommon, but it happens.

I know this is weird, but I found that very touching...

No way! What a rip. He's probably been waiting years to be free.

Probably best. Neither one will have to go on without the other.

I bet Ozzy would be dead within weeks of his wife's death.

You just give up, and your body does, too.

That's the way my girlfriend and I wish we'd die. Together. Actually, she wants us to die in a plane crash.

Typical man. Can't live without the woman telling him what to do.

whoops, guess it's just me.

That's the perfect way to go in my book. Where's that SAPPY tag when we need it?

This isn't sad. They both are enjoying on another again I bet.

Maveno, have you considered getting another girlfriend? Seriously.

This isn't really that rare.. usually couples that have been together that long die within a few months of one another..

Guess your will to live really has a long more to do with longevity than you'd think..

How very sad, but very sweet at the same time. Dying together after 50 years of marriage, how cool is that? That is true love!

Yo woman, where's my beer? Oh shiat, she's dead - I'll have to get it myself! The horror, the horror. (dies)

"And it stopped..., short...., never to go again..."
"When the old....man....died....."
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/obscure song ref.

Not sad. Actually quite touching. I've known several spouses (especially husbands) who live in a total state of shutdown or depression after being married that long and then finding themselves alone.

When my grandmother died my grandparents had been married almost 53 years. My grandfather was so heartbroken by his loss he never spoke of Nana again, until he was just about to die. He was in his hospital bed practically paralized by the drugs, when he sat up and a big goofy grin crossed his face and he mentioned something about Nana coming to get him. He died just a few hours later. That was the freakiest moment I have ever experienced, because I felt the hairs at the back of my neck raise.

Why is this sad? I hope that my wife and I go at the same time getting hit by a mack truck or something, I would hate to be old and without someone I have grown to love for so long, my Grandpa has had an absolutely terrible time the last 10 years or so.

I work with elderly people, my experience is that women can hang in there after their husband dies, but men just go to pieces when their wives die.

They don't know what the fark to do with themselves, they have nobody to talk to, it's really sad. Nothing worse than seeing an old guy crying.

Time for lyrics.

Stuttering on every word when you look my way, why?
And maybe it's all in my mind
But when we hugged goodbye I had butterflies
I just died (yeah yeah yeah)

I just died in your arms tonight
Don't want nobody to bring me back to life
(I just died in your arms tonight, hey)
I just died in your arms
I just died in your arms tonight, tonight

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Of course, OJ didn't have the decency to kill himself....

Samhandwich: Grandfather's Clock. Listened to that yesterday.

This happened to a Great Aunt & Uncle of mine a few years back. She was killed in a car accident and he passed away in his sleep that night.

50 years isn't that long considering they were 83 and 87, if you do the math, they were in their mid to late 30s when they were married, that seems kinda late to get married doesn't it? Still, touching.

Young_Fart Umm, I asked her why and she said, "Well, what better way to go..it's quick, we're holding each other, we get to say I love you, we're definately together, and we're definately dead." I guess all of that's true. What's the possibility that we both die peacefully in our sleep together?

Ummmm,

The heart attack hit him before he knew of his wife's death. He was on his way to go see her when she died. It wasn't a case of him giving up. It was a case of SWS (seriously weird shiat).

couldnt help but add more lyrics:

His eyes, they closed
And his last breath spoke
He had seen all to be seen
His life, once full
Now an empty vase
Wilted blossoms on his early grave

Mattix--there's a professor at my school like that. i had him for marketing last spring, and he's totally nuts. a friend of mine had him for the same class a couple years ago before his wife died, and thought he was the greatest teacher she'd ever had. she had him last spring for another class the same semester I did and agreed that he'd really gone downhill.

"Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away

I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong"

i think im taking everyone with me.

The couple I bought my house from both died within a week. This kind of thing is common... Lots of old folks survive unil a grandchild is born or until Christmas etc.

I always liked the one where the engaged couple both drive to visit one another, and one gets into a head-on collision with the other. Then all their friends can never listen to "Crash" by Dave Matthews Band again.

which is good cause dmb sucks

god bless them

Lizard: My sincerest condolences....

Oh, I forgot to add that I'd never look for a new girlfriend just cause she wants to die with me. She's the best thing in my life.

Stubbyhead, Ben Folds...great album

Lizard:

....damn thats ruff stuff you deal with.

I was wondering if I was going to have to be the one to quote ben folds... guess not.

Sad? That's the most beautiful story I've heard in a long time! There's not enough people in younger generations that have any comprehension of that level of adoration.

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather, not awake and screaming like his passengers.

This reminds me of that story in Greek mythology where an old couple is granted a wish for being hospitable to Zeus and Hermes; they wish to be together until they die, so when they die, the gods turn them into intertwining trees

Urm... where did LIzard's post about his wife go? A little "Too Hot for Fark" that he lost a loved one?

Not so much sad, I think, as sweet.

The old mans last words were "I win! I win! I outlived you you damned old crazy biatch! I'm gonna dance on your damned grave! Buahhahahahahahahaha!!!"
Then he died from a heart attack from the jig he was dancing.



I'm just guessing, haven't read the article.

Oh, uh... nevermind.

I'll say it again,

He didn't die from missing her. He was in his car on the way to visit her, and died at almost the exact same time she did.

I'm sure he loved her, but that's not what killed him. If anything, it's some kind of weird supernatural thing. Most likely, though, it's just coincidence.

Some of you people really need to read the article before posting.

Holeinmybucket: That happened in our family - grandfather died the day after xmas. Put a damper on the "xmas atmos" but it wasn't unexpected, he had been ill for quite a while.

This kind of thing is why I intend to go down the only good way there is - in a hail of bullets, like the climax of a Sam Peckinpah movie.

They probably just got a little trigger-happy, Lizard. They also deleted a story off the main page.