{"id":2208,"date":"2015-09-23T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T09:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2015-09-23T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T09:33:31","slug":"man-serenades-dying-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/man-serenades-dying-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated Husband Serenades Dying Wife One More Time With &#8216;Their Song&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now you might not know the song,\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019ll Never Know\u201d by Rosemary Clooney and\u00a0Harry James. But once you watch this touching clip, it might well end up being your favorite song of all time. It&#8217;s a favorite of Laura and Howard&#8217;s. Married for 73, this pair have been inseparable for their whole <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/family\/dads-inheritance-rules\/1294\">marriage<\/a>. Even when Howard was stationed abroad during the war, their love kept them firmly together. And Howard&#8217;s singing of &#8220;You&#8217;ll Never Know&#8221; was one thing guaranteed to tug at his beloved wife&#8217;s heartstrings.<\/p>\n<p>And so it&#8217;s the most wonderful and emotional thing to see the pair, now in their mid-90&#8217;s, still very much in love. But time takes its toll. Laura is dying. She&#8217;s now <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/health\/dont-sleep-in-contact-lenses\/1820\">blind <\/a>due to macular degeneration. But she&#8217;s not deaf. So on her deathbed, given just a week to live by the doctors, Howard knows one surefire way to cheer her up. He&#8217;s going to sing to her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But before you weep too much &#8211; we&#8217;ve some good news. This video was filmed weeks ago and Laura is still with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/eu-tell-trump-to-pee-off-over-tariffs\/\">us<\/a>. In fact, doctors were happy enough to let her leave <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/stories\/hospital-window-story\/2045\">hospital <\/a>to live out her remaining days at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/garage-conversion-home-value-guide\/\">home<\/a> with the love of her life.<\/p>\n<p>This is truly beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Man sings to 93 year old dying wife\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wWPOG_hxkTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now you might not know the song,\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019ll Never Know\u201d by Rosemary Clooney and\u00a0Harry James. But once you watch this touching clip, it might well end up being your favorite song of all time. It&#8217;s a favorite of Laura and Howard&#8217;s. Married for 73, this pair have been inseparable for their whole marriage. 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