A British wartime bride and her Canadian veteran husband have died five hours apart - a month after celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary.
George and Jean Spear met in 1941 at a dance hall near London, while he was stationed in Britain during the Second World War. The couple passed away in an Ottawa hospital on Friday after Mrs Spear, 94, was admitted for pneumonia.
Mr Spear was admitted to Queensway Carleton Hospital on Wednesday, a day after his wife, when he fell into a deep sleep.
Hospital staff had tried to move Mr Spear to his wife's floor, but Mrs Spear died peacefully in her sleep on Friday at 04:30 local time before that could be arranged. Mr Spear followed quickly afterwards at 09:45 am.
She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2006. Mrs Spear and her 95-year-old husband met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their 2011 Royal Tour.
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George and Jean Spear met in 1941 at a dance hall near London, while he was stationed in Britain during the Second World War. The couple passed away in an Ottawa hospital on Friday after Mrs Spear, 94, was admitted for pneumonia.
Mr Spear was admitted to Queensway Carleton Hospital on Wednesday, a day after his wife, when he fell into a deep sleep.
Hospital staff had tried to move Mr Spear to his wife's floor, but Mrs Spear died peacefully in her sleep on Friday at 04:30 local time before that could be arranged. Mr Spear followed quickly afterwards at 09:45 am.
She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2006. Mrs Spear and her 95-year-old husband met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their 2011 Royal Tour.
Read full article on BBC
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