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Heartbroken wife collapses and dies next to the husband after finding him dead

UK: A devoted wife who found the body of her husband in their home was so heartbroken she may have “given up” her will to live, lay down and died next to him, an inquest heard.

The bodies of retired bank manager Raymond Shepherd, 76, and his wife Paula Shepherd, 70, were found lying next to each other on their bedroom floor almost three weeks after anyone last saw them.

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