I can’t even imagine
http://www.wmur.com/sports/former-patriots-quarterback-doug-fluties-parents-die-on-same-day/36526678?utm_campaign=WMUR-TV
Wow, that is very sad. 
And hard to believe!
wow, that is really sad
“Broken heart disease” is a real thing and can lead to other health issues. So sad.
Sad for him, but maybe not so much for the parents. I imagine many long time married couples couldn’t imagine living without their spouse.
That is truly sad. i agree I think it would be devastating to lose ones spouse after decades.
My mom pulled through after suffering from “broken heart syndrome” when my dad suddenly passed away, but she was younger and in pretty good health. The doctors could not figure out why she had chest pains while her stats were excellent.
BTW, broken heart is now a medically recognized condition:
And it can kill.
My grandparents died 5 days apart. My grandmother of lung cancer, my grandfather of a broken heart. There was nothing clinically wrong with my grandfather when he died.
Very sad. I believe in the broken heart syndrome, but I didn’t realize it could happen that quick. Sounds like she died about an hour after he did.
Prayers for the Flutie family.
I’m sure that if my mom had died first, my dad would have died within a few months.
My grandmother died on Good Friday, 10 days before her birthday. A year later, my grandfather, who had no apparent illness, died on Good Friday, 10 days before his birthday. he had barely been subsisting in the year in between. They were only in their late 50s; it was such a shock to the family.
When Bono was, I think, about 14, his mother died of a brain aneurysm at her father’s funeral. Just can’t imagine what that must have been like for the family.
What an awful thing to have happen! I think that these death pairs are so sad because the second death was not necessary, at least physically.
H’s aunt and uncle died 9 hours apart. The nurses told us it’s not uncommon (broken heart syndrome).
One of my coworkers lost both her mother and MIL on the same day this month. They were in different parts of the state. It was overwhelming for her and her H.
I saw that yesterday. Yes, very sad. And apparently not that uncommon.
I know I am an oddball, it is of course very sad, but it also touched me that a couple could have that kind of love in their lives, that the remaining spouse would be so broken hearted they couldn’t go on. Obviously, to the children and grandchildren that won’t take away the hurt and pain of losing two apparently beloved people and I would never, ever expect it to, but maybe because my parents did not have that kind of relationship, it touched me how much they loved each other apparently.
My grandparents died within hours of each other. They believe my grandfather had a heart attack, and my grandmother found him and had a stroke from the shock. It was so sad for my father and his brothers.
My mom died unexpectedly and my dad had a stroke sitting by her side in the ICU. His health deteriorated during the next year. The day of her unveiling, became his funeral. I had to call everyone to come to cemetery an hour later, and the caterer to triple the order. She was his sunshine.
Wow, I guess for some folks, they really don’t or can’t go on without their beloved. My FIL lived about 5 more years after my MIL, though they were a very devoted couple. I have no idea what my folks will do without one another. They’ve been married over 60 years now and are quite co-dependent. Right now, I think H and I could each go on OK without the other (tho of course we’d miss the other). Who knows how things would be in a few more decades?
Certainly it is sad for their family, but it sounds like maybe it was the best outcome for the parents. My FIL still seems to wonder why he is still around after MIL died. He never expected her to go first, and is just lost. Yes, we’ve tried to get him to re-join the world, but he really has no interest.
My grandfather was born on the same day as his mother. Many years later, she died on their joint birthday.