[Star Tribune, June 04, 2014] They’re the kind of romantic tragedies that make headlines.
Elderly couples who have spent their lives together remain inseparable even in their last breaths — dying within hours of each other.
But can a person really die of a broken heart?
“It’s very real,” said Dr. Scott Sharkey, a cardiologist with the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
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