After 75 Years Of Marriage, This Couple Died In Each Others’ Arms Hours Apart

We all dream of a love that will last forever. For this couple, it did. Alexander and Jeanette Toczko, who lived in California, had been together for seventy five years. They died in each other’s arms, within a few hours of each other. This story is incredibly heart breaking, but also beautiful in that they lived so long together, and it was only fitting that it should end this way.

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After 75 years of marriage, this couple died in each others’ arms

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“Wait for me, I’ll be there soon” – Jeanette told Alexander when he passed away

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Alexander (95) and Jeanette (96) Toczko were married in 1940 and dated since they were 8

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“Their hearts beat as one from as long as I can remember,” said their daughter, Aimee

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Jeanette’s health took a turn for the worse after Alexander was bedridden with a broken hip

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They left behind 5 children, 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren

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“The hospice nurse said it was the most incredible thing to see the two of them taking those last breaths together”

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A video report telling their story: