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" We&amp;#039;ve all heard that you can&amp;#039;t live without the person you love, but this couple proves it&amp;#039;s true. Don and Maxine Simpson&amp;#039;s romance began at a bowling alley in Bakersfield, CA in the early 1950s. From that day on, and through their 62 years of marriage, they were inseparable. &amp;quot;All Don wanted was to be with his beautiful wife,&amp;quot; their granddaughter, Melissa Sloan, tells ABC affiliate KERO 23. &amp;quot;He adored my grandmother, loved her to the end of the earth.&amp;quot; The two spent every moment together until a few weeks ago, when Don&amp;#039;s health began to deteroriate and he was taken to the hospital. At the same time, the cancer Maxine had been battling started to progress. &amp;quot;I told my sister on the phone, we&amp;#039;ve got one shot to get them together,&amp;quot; says Melissa. So they were moved to a spare room in the family&amp;#039;s home, where their beds were placed side-by-side. On July 21, Maxine passed away. Don followed four hours later. &amp;quot;Gram woke up and saw him and held hands, and they knew that they were next to each other,&amp;quot; Melissa says. &amp;quot;I knew in my heart this is what&amp;#039;s supposed to happen. Grandma and Grandpa are supposed to be together, and Grandma and Grandpa are going to die together. I could hear on the monitor, she took her last breath and I came to check. She had passed. I walked them out with her body, walked back in to check on Grandpa, and he quit breathing as soon as her body left the room. He left with her.&amp;quot; The real-life verisons of The Notebook&amp;#039;s Allie and Noah, Don and Maxine truly made &amp;quot;I do&amp;quot; last forever. [Via Turnto23.com]  Related:6 Signs Your Marriage Will Last a Lifetime9 Secrets From a 73-Year Marrriage8 Little Things Happily Married Couples Do Every Day "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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