A couple who were married for 48 years died within moments of each other from coronavirus as they held hands. Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife, Cathy Darlene Peoples, 65, battled Covid-19 for a month at a hospital in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Staff at the Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center moved the couple, who had been together for 50 years, into the same room so they could spend their final moments together.
They both died on September 2. Mr and Mrs Peoples coronavirus battle started 30 days earlier when they both suffered symptoms.
The couple's son, Shane Peoples, told WBTV : "It was mainly the fever and loss of taste. "My dad starting showing symptoms two days later. "About two weeks later they were both put in the
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