When you think about true love, many scenarios come to mind, but none as poignant as the romantic tragedy of two lovers dying in one another's arms.
The story of Dolores and Trent Winstead is quite close to that, as the two couldn't stand to live without each other. In fact, they died within hours of one another.
The couple was married for 64 years before their time came. Trent was admitted to the hospital with kidney failure.
Dolores and their two adult children, Eddie and Sheryl, watched over him as his condition slowly deteriorated.
When Dolores started to feel unwell, the family had no idea what was coming. Over the course of her parents' illnesses, Sheryl Winstead snapped heartbreaking photos of the couple.
Then, when Dolores ended up in a hospital bed next to her beloved husband's, the Winsteads prepared for the worst. It wasn't long before they realized that they were watching not one, but two people die.
Scroll through to see this heartbreaking and beautiful story of true and lasting love.
[H/T: Daily Mail]
Just five weeks shy of their 64th wedding anniversary, Trent and Dolores Winstead both ended up in the hospital with life-threatening conditions.
Trent was the first to feel ill, suffering from kidney failure.
As his wife watched over him, she started to feel unwell herself. She reportedly suffered from headaches and even threw up.
Hours later, after suffering a severe brain aneurysm, she was in a hospital bed next to his.
Dolores passed away next to her husband, and her son broke the news to his ailing father.
They had spent their last beautiful moments together holding hands.
Finally, with his wife by his side, Trent blew her a kiss and died just hours later. It seems that their true love endured right until the very end.
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