Tag: national academy of sciences

The following is a round-up of news items compiled by the Hitched editors during the week of August 14, 2014.

Dying From A Broken Heart Might Be Real
Last month, Don and Maxine Simpson, a couple from Bakersfield, CA, who had been married for 62 years passed away just four hours apart, according to their hometown paper The Bakersfield Californian. Maxine had been battling bladder cancer, and on July 14 Don broke his hip and entered the hospital after contracting pneumonia. On July 19th, Don had his bed moved next to Maxine's so the couple could be next to each other. On July 21, Maxine passed away at roughly 7 a.m. and just four hours later Don passed. While the local paper doesn't mention the cause of Don's death, it might have been from a broken heart.