95-Year-Old Newlywed Dies After Wife Taken Away

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95-Year-Old Newlywed Dies After Wife Taken Away

By Brett Zongker

Thursday, Jan 1, 2015 • Updated at 9:03 AM EST

A 95-year-old Virginia newlywed died just weeks after his 96-year-old wife was taken away by family members to Florida.

Eddie Harrison died Tuesday in a hospital after suffering from influenza, said Rebecca Wright, who was caring for the couple in their Alexandria, Virginia, home. Harrison became distressed after his wife and longtime companion, 96-year-old Edith Hill, was taken away, Wright said. Wright is Hill's daughter. ... “He lived for her, and she lived for him. It's the love story of the century,” Wright said, recalling how they would dance, take walks and care for each other.

Harrison and Hill's marriage this year after 10 years of companionship was disputed in court. Their wedding was problematic because Hill has been declared legally incapacitated for several years. Another of Hill's daughters, Patricia Barber, contested the marriage, saying it would complicate the eventual distribution of Hill's estate. But Hill and Harrison said they wanted to stay together.

A judge appointed a new guardian for Hill to protect her interests, removing Barber and Wright as guardians, but left the marriage intact. ... The interracial aspect of the marriage also was unique because the two longtime Virginians would not have been allowed to marry if they had met in their 20s, 30s or 40s under state law at the time.



Edith Hill and Eddie Harrison

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Everyone go to the link at the story

They were a really cute couple!

[nichomachus]

2. Follow the money.

"complicate the distribution of the estate." Says it all.

The woman who owned the house next door to us had a 30-year companion. They weren't married. He took care of her through several bouts of illness. He told me he had never even met family members. They never bothered with the old lady. She died suddenly. Her family swooped in. They wouldn't even acknowledge the companion's existence, never mind let him in the house.

Their plan was to loot the house and then sell it. They were all over it like ants fixing it up. Then, they found out that the mortgage was underwater. So, they took everything they could fit into their trucks and cars and sped off, abandoning the house.

[DeadLetterOffice]

3. If I believed in hell...

... then I'd think there was a special place in it for the daughter that essentially kidnapped her mother against her will and took her away from this sweet man.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. This breaks my heart. nt