Follow-up on original story. Rather sad. The husband just died.
British man, half of world's longest married couple, dies 2 weeks after setting record
at 14:07 on June 15, 2005, EST.
LONDON (AP) - A British man - half of a couple who held the record for the world's longest living marriage - has died just two weeks after setting the mark, his local bishop said on Wednesday.
Percy Arrowsmith, 105, and his 100-year-old wife Florence celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records on June 1.
Percy Arrowsmith died at his home in Hereford, northwest of London, with his wife by his side, on Wednesday morning.
"Percy and Flo were very happy when I saw them on their anniversary," the Bishop of Hereford, Rev. Anthony Priddis, said.
"They were still very much in love with each other. We will all be praying for Flo and the family in their grief," Priddis said.
Earlier this month, Guinness World Records recognized the pair as holding records for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate age of a married couple.
The Arrowsmiths, who have three children, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, claimed the key to their long marriage was not to go to sleep on an argument.
Percy Arrowsmith, 105, left, holds the hand of his 100-year-old wife Florence. They celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary in Hereford, England, on June 1. Percy Arrowsmith died at his home with his wife by his side on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Percy Arrowsmith HO/File)
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