Til' death do us part?
Some celebrity couples shared a commitment that extended even beyond this common marriage
vow, dying within months, or even days, of each other.
Keep watching to find out who.
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash not only performed together, but have also inspired
some pretty poignant lyrics over the years.
Heidi Newfield sang in 2008,
"When you're gone, I wanna go too, like Johnny and June."
Rapper Jelly Roll echoed the sentiment in 2020, saying,
"I just wanna love like Johnny and June.
We can leave tomorrow, take a trip to the moon."
"June?
You know what, I'm a big fan of yours.
I'd like you to do your uh, your thing, your own thing."
The legendary country singers, whose extraordinarily moving love story was also immortalized in
the 2005 film Walk the Line, died within months of each other.
In May 2003, it was June who went, passing away from complications following heart surgery.
Soon, in September of that year, it was Johnny's turn to go, dying from diabetic complications.
The Cash couple's love story is up there with one of the most beautiful there ever was.
Brittany Murphy, who delivered some of the most quotable lines in movie history, tragically
passed away at the age of 32.
She went into cardiac arrest and died in Los Angeles on December 20, 2009, The Guardian
reported at the time.
It was later established that the actor "died from pneumonia, but anemia and prescription
drugs also played a role."
Murphy was survived by her husband of two years, Simon Monjack.
"Your dreams, be they good or bad, when you wake up and I reach out to touch or hold my
wife, and she isn't there."
Tragically, Monjack, a British screenwriter, died soon after his wife, in May 2010.
He had previously had problems with his heart, according to The Guardian.
Despite the timing of Monjack's death, Los Angeles police found no evidence of foul play.
It was discovered that Monjack also died of pneumonia and anemia.
The couple's similar — and somewhat unusual — causes of death raised eyebrows, prompting
rumors that the alleged presence of mold in their home could have been partly to blame,
but these rumors were soon dispelled.
Los Angeles County assistant chief coroner Ed Winter told ABC News,
"At the time of their death, both of them were in very poor health.
I don't think they ate correctly or took care of themselves.
They didn't seek medical attention."
Murphy and Monjack were married in 2007, and were described as inseparable.
Barbara Bush passed away in April 2018, leaving behind a strong legacy of philanthropy and
a brood of loving adult children, including former president George W. Bush.
George W. said in a statement,
"My dear mother has passed on at age 92.
Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we know hers
was."
Barbara Sr. was most known for promoting family literacy throughout her lifetime.
Mere months later, in November, there came another blow to the Bush family: George H.W.
Bush, also a former president, had passed away at age 94.
With the Bush couple's deaths so close together, soon much ink was spilled about the likelihood
of George H.W.
having died from a broken heart following the passing of his beloved spouse.
Although it would be near-impossible to say for sure whether this was in fact the case,
experts didn't appear to rule it out.
Speaking of the physical problems that can occur when someone is grieving, Dr. Martin
Samuels told Time,
"Any organ can fail, or all the organs can fail.
Losing a spouse is one of the most stressful circumstances that human beings have to face."
An associate professor from Duke University School of Medicine, Matthew Dupre, also told
the publication that men often particularly struggle after losing their wives, who tend
to encourage healthy habits.
When his wife Audrey died on March 15, 2005, it was too much to bear for former British
Prime Minister James "Big Jim" Callaghan — or so it seems, anyway.
The politician died 11 days later, on March 26.
Announcing the sad news of Audrey's passing in The Times, hers and James' two children
said their mom was,
"For 67 years the much loved and loving wife of James, and a devoted mother, grandmother
and great-grandmother."
James, who was at his wife's side when she died, passed away just one day shy of turning
93 years old.
Fellow statesman Lord Roy Hattersley told BBC News of James' death,
"It was not a major surprise — I knew what a blow the death of his wife Audrey was a
few days ago."
He added,
"He was a decent kindly man who helped me and my generation of politicians immensely.
The Labour party and the country will be poorer without him."
James Callaghan served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1976 and 1979.
He and Audrey tied the knot in 1938, eight years after they first met in Maidstone, Kent,
according to Kent Online.
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