William ‘Wild Bill’ Wilson and his wife Lillian Karr Wilson were both Alzheimer’s patients and were treated in separate nursing homesin Wilmore and Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Their son, Doug said he was first called about his father’s death on Tuesday last week then five minutes later he got another call to say his mother had passed.
A couple who were together since high school have died just two minutes apart after 73 years of marriage
He said: “We took it as a blessing because we’re going to have one funeral for both of them. We’re looking at it as a celebration of life because they had a great life.” Bill and Lillian met when they were both athletes at high school then ran off to get married. They survived a war and a number of relocations through their long marriage.
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