Daily Mail | Married for 71 years, a husband and wife die of heart failure just days apart Naples Daily News FORT MEADE, Fla. (AP) — A Central Florida couple married for 71 years died just days apart. The Ledger of Lakeland reports Arno and Myrtle Birdsong were remembered by more than 100 people who attended their funeral on Saturday at the First Church of ... Couple married for 71 years are buried together after they died 'of broken ... Couple married for 71 years die 'of broken hearts' just two days apart Couple married 71 years die just days apart |