Till Death Do Us Part: Loving Couple Die of Covid 19 While Holding Hands
- Cal Dunham and his wife Linda started feeling unwell during a camping trip with their family
- On the third day, they decided to seek medical attention only to be put on ventilators due to COVID-19
- The couple died a few days later next to each other after being taken out of life support
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A couple who were madly in love with each other and enjoying quality family time together would end up dead days later.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan residents Cal Dunham, 59, and his wife Linda, 66, are reported to have died one minute apart while holding hands.
According to New York Post, the couple was fully vaccinated but had pre-existing health conditions. They began feeling sick during a family camping trip.
The couple's daughter, Sarah Dunham, disclosed that her dad was the first to feel unwell, and he thought he was having sinuses.
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Linda later complained that she had also gotten "the cold", and on the third day of camping, they said they had to go to a hospital because they did not feel well.
Days later, their conditions had gotten worse, and they were now on ventilators, but their pre-existing conditions made it even worse.
On Sunday, September 26, doctors told the family there was nothing they could do, and the couple would likely come off life-support the following day.
They were in the same room as Cal passed away around 11.07am, and a minute later, his wife Linda also died as they held hands together beside one another.
According to Sarah, Linda always quipped that Cal was going to "go before I am and I'll be right there behind you", and that is exactly what happened.
The young lady advised people to take the virus seriously as she had seen how in one moment people could be enjoying life and the next minute they are gone.
According to Fox 17, The family has set up a go fund page to assist in funeral expenses.
Covid-19: Couple married for 53 years die minutes apart holding hands
In similar news, Briefly News reported that an old man and his wife died like most people would love to, beside their better halves with their hands tightly clutching each other’s (God forbid though).
The husband, identified as Curtis Tarpley, and his wife, Betty, died from coronavirus within an hour from each other.
According to CNN, the Illinois couple, who had been married for 53 years, died on Saturday, 18 June in a Texas hospital where they spent their last time together, holding hands.
Betty, 80, was admitted at the hospital on Thursday, 9 June after testing positive for Covid-19, while hubby Curtis, 79, tested positive on the following Saturday and was admitted immediately.
The couple’s only son told CNN nurses had joined Curtis and Betty's units so they could spend some time together.
Source: Briefly News
