Yes, she was 90 and he was a poor, naive boy of 80. Many "cougar" jokes were cracked. The wedding was somewhat famous locally. Here's the blurb from the Hamilton Speculator on it:
http://www.thespec.com/article/381499
Tragically, she came down with a somewhat obscure neurological disease two weeks after the wedding and died of the after-effects of it a couple of years later. My uncle was really devoted to her and it was he who badgered the doctors until they came up with a more specific diagnosis than "she's really old and wearing out". Typically, it was an intern who pinpointed what it was; I guess those guys have all of the obscure diseases still in their heads from their studies whereas the more experienced doctors have had all that washed away by decades of treating hang-nails and the flu.
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Date: 2010-07-03 04:28 pm (UTC)From:http://www.thespec.com/article/381499
Tragically, she came down with a somewhat obscure neurological disease two weeks after the wedding and died of the after-effects of it a couple of years later. My uncle was really devoted to her and it was he who badgered the doctors until they came up with a more specific diagnosis than "she's really old and wearing out". Typically, it was an intern who pinpointed what it was; I guess those guys have all of the obscure diseases still in their heads from their studies whereas the more experienced doctors have had all that washed away by decades of treating hang-nails and the flu.