(CNN) A couple married for over 50 years died of coronavirus only minutes apart holding hands.
Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife Cathy "Darlene" Peoples, 65 started feeling symptoms at the beginning of August, but would not make it to see more than two days of September.
"Mom and Dad lived hand to hand for 50 years, they died hand to hand, now they're walking in heaven hand to hand," their son, Shane Peoples, told CNN.
"The message our family would like to convey is that Covid is real. It's not a hoax or a joke. Our parents took the proper precautions but tragically still contracted the virus."
The couple is admitted to the hospital the same day
dotconn on September 21st, 2020 at 02:34 UTC »
Man....this isn't as romantic as it's being portrayed. I imagine they'd have preferred to still be alive
mces97 on September 21st, 2020 at 01:28 UTC »
This is bittersweet. I'm sure it must be hard if they have children to have both your parents die right after each other, but I know if I was married to someone for 50 years, I wouldn't want to be sad and miss them. And now they can be together forever.
evenios on September 20th, 2020 at 21:32 UTC »
ill follow you into the dark