Coronavirus: After 51 years of marriage, elderly couple dies six minutes apart

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, April 5

A Florida couple who had been married for 51 years died just six minutes apart from coronavirus complications, a media report said.

This has left internet in tears.

Stuart Baker, 74 and Adrian Baker, 72,  were called the ‘inseparable couple' by their family.

Last week, they both died of complications from coronavirus just 6 minutes apart.

Their son—Bubby Baker—spoke to CNN about the unfortunate incident. He has been publicly speaking about his parents’ demise to spread awareness about the deadly disease. 

He revealed that his parents had started feeling unwell in mid-March. They were asked to self-quarantine themselves at home. Few days later, his father’s condition deteriorated, and he was admitted.

His mother did not show any signs of having fever, so she was not admitted.

The family received a call from the hospital, that said his father had tested positive for coronavirus.

It didn't look like he would make it, health officials told Buddy.

The family did not inform the mother, but they took her to hospital as a precautionary measure. After the check-up, the doctors revealed that her oxygen levels were very low, and she wouldn't make it either.

With their organs failing, the family decided to move their parents to hospice care where both of them were moved to the same room.

They were taken off ventilators to be comfortable.

Within minutes of each other, the elderly couple passed away.