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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Thu Sep 24, 2015, 03:19 PM Sep 2015

92-year-old war vet sings to dying wife

A video of a 92-year-old World War II veteran serenading his dying wife has gone viral.

According to the couple's granddaughter, Howard and Laura have been married for 73 years. Laura was in hospice care at the time the video was recorded and had been told she only had about a week to live.

Howard sang "You'll Never Know" by Rosemary Clooney with Harry James. Erin says that the couple often referred to the song as their "love song." They even sang it together during a reception after they renewed their wedding vows on their 50th anniversary.

http://www.ktnv.com/now-trending/watch-92-year-old-war-vet-sings-to-dying-wife

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92-year-old war vet sings to dying wife (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2015 OP

... shenmue Sep 2015 #1

I love this at the same time I hate it. Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #2

I'm with you on this. cab67 Sep 2015 #7

+1000 Stellar Sep 2015 #3

Must be my allergies or sumpin. longship Sep 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author cab67 Sep 2015 #6

wow wendylaroux Sep 2015 #5

Only 16 recs for something so beautiful. bunnies Sep 2015 #8

shenmue

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Thu Sep 24, 2015, 03:23 PM

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Ed Suspicious

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2. I love this at the same time I hate it.

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Thu Sep 24, 2015, 04:07 PM

Sep 2015

I hate that I feel oddly voyeuristic in such a precious moment between two lifelong soulmates. I wish we could just leave those two in peace together. Is that odd? I don't know. Either way, it brings many tears and a lump in my throat. They seem lucky to have had each other.