(CNN) Married for 30 years, they died together from Covid-19 complications sharing one final embrace -- holding each other's hands and the hands of their children. Paul Blackwell, 62, and Rose Mary Blackwell, 65, passed away on Sunday after two weeks in intensive care and several days on ventilators at Harris Methodist Hospital, their son Shawn Blackwell told CNN. They were both teachers in the Grand Prairie Independent School District in Grand Prairie, Texas. Rose Mary was a second grade teacher and had just reached her 20th year at Travis World Language Academy. "It got to the point where it was very far gone and that there was nothing else they could do."

Source: CNN December 17, 2020 03:11 UTC