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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>'[Professor Javier Espinosa, who led the study at the Rochester Institute of
Technology,] found men who are grieving after their wife's death experience a 30 per
cent increase in mortality. For women, there is no increased chance of dying
due to the loss of their husband.'<br><br>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9625818/Men-more-likely-to-die-after-losing-their-wife-but-women-carry-on-as-normal.html<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: scooterd408@hotmail.com<br>To: thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:02:23 -0600<br>CC: jeannemchale@hotmail.com; fritzknorr@gmail.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Couple Married 75 Years, Die A Day Apart<br><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><<span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">their parents didn't believe the match would last.><br>This is common. When I attend weddings I often say 'It'll never last' mainly because 1) they usually don't last, and 2) at milestone weddings anniversaries it's typical to note 'and they said it would never last.'</span> Two years ago one of my college roommates succumbed to marriage after dating his girlfriend for 21 years. I predicted they would be divorced within 6 months having seen many solid long term relationships become destroyed after tying the knot. So far they're still strong after 24+ months so I've been proven wrong on this one.<br><br><<span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She passed away on July 16. Les died the following day><br>My great grandfather died the day after my great grandmother. He was heartbroken and the shock of losing he was too much for his system. Anyway, I recall in a college Psychology class that statistically men don't live very long after their wives die. On the other hand, women often thrive for many years - sometimes decades - after their husbands pass away.<br><br>-Scott</span><br><br><div><hr id="ecxstopSpelling">From: thansen@moscow.com<br>Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:30:47 -0700<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>CC: jeannemchale@hotmail.com; fritzknorr@gmail.com<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Couple Married 75 Years, Die A Day Apart<br><br><div style="">Courtesy of KHQ at:</div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap;"><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/22966050/couple-married-75-years" target="_blank">http://www.khq.com/story/22966050/couple-married-75-years</a></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap;"> </span></div><div style="">--------------------------------------</div><div><p style="padding:0px;"></p><h3 style="padding:0px;clear:both;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Couple Married 75 Years, Die A Day Apart</span></font></h3><br><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When Les and Helen Brown became high school sweethearts more than 75 years ago, their parents didn't believe the match would last.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Les' father was a businessman and prosperous landowner in Southern California. Helen's father worked on the railroad. "Both families were not too thrilled about the union," their son Les Brown Jr. told <a href="http://TODAY.com" target="_blank">TODAY.com</a>. "The good news is they proved them wrong."</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Les and Helen, who were born on the same day in 1918, celebrated 75 years of marriage in September with a quiet gathering over cake. "They really enjoyed each other's company," Les Jr. said. "They were really inseparable and were never apart."</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That bond was so strong that neither Les nor Helen wanted to live without each other, though they knew that the end might be imminent. Les had been sick with Parkinson's disease for some time, and Helen was battling stomach cancer.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Les recently slipped into a coma at the couple's Long Beach, Calif., home, and hospice workers said he might live for just a few more days. Helen, who was expected to survive for some months, became very weak. She passed away on July 16. Les died the following day — he never knew about his wife's death. They were 94 years old.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Les and Helen's love story, first reported by the Long Beach Press-Telegram, has since gone viral. Their son Daniel told <a href="http://TODAY.com" target="_blank">TODAY.com</a> that his parents wouldn't have shared the same opinion of the ensuing attention.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Mom hated notoriety. I don't think she would have enjoyed it," he said. His father, though, was a photographer and perhaps had an appreciation for a warmhearted story. "He would have loved it."</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Daniel said such differences are what made his parents so well matched. Helen was very sweet but particular about how things should be done. Les, on the other hand, was easygoing, a "man of simple pleasures" who loved coffee and donuts. Helen kept the family humming along while Les helped her relax when life became hectic or complicated. "What one lacked, the other made up for," Daniel said.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The couple loved to travel and often took road trips up the California coast to San Francisco and Monterey. They doted on their many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They also shared a deep religious faith as Jehovah's Witnesses, which helped them weather a difficult period of their marriage in the 1950s. "They were very forgiving of each other's foibles and weaknesses. They were so willing to work at making themselves happy."</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Daniel said that their marriage was a testament to the power of love: "It knows no barriers and seems to know no bounds. They were from different sides of the tracks and it didn't seem to matter to them. After 78 years, they were very much in love."</span></p><p style="padding:0px;"><span style="">--------------------</span></p></div><div style=""><img src="cid:89D21716-2CE6-4502-B32C-73F40F4FD7E0" alt="22966050_BG1.jpg" id="ecx89D21716-2CE6-4502-B32C-73F40F4FD7E0" width="560" height="420"></div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">--------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com" target="_blank">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size:medium;">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:medium;">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:medium;">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style=""><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div></div><br>=======================================================
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