mary kepler was 92 years old and wir wilford kepler was 94 years old.ughts go out to those families and all the families who have lost loved ones and been affected during this pandemic. the news continues right now. i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i say it every night, coop, that's because it matters every night, remembering those who are gone, honoring that memory. by taking this situation

mary kepler was 92 years old and wilford kepler was 94 years old. they lived and they died together. our thoughts go out to those families and all the families who have lost loved ones and been affected during this pandemic. the news continues right now. i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i say it every night, coop, that's because it matters every night, remembering those who are gone, honoring that memory. by taking this situation seriously. it's not just important, it's a gift to the audience and to us so we stay focused on the humanity. thank you, my friend. have a great night. i am chris cuomo, and welcome to "prime time." so, it's a monday. i'm going to ask you to try something different tonight. let's just try it once, see how it goes. all right? instead of taking the bait that the president tossed out today about him taking hydroxychloroquine, can we just try looking at why he's doing this today? okay? because this is not an accident. this is another day that he won't have the media pointing out that we're re-opening r

mary kepler and husband, wilford, were married for 70 years. extraordinary. the same high school in wisconsin. he was drafted and sent overseas to fight in world war ii. that's what he did. after he returned, he and mary started dating. they were married in 1946. for 73 years they lived side by side. three kids. eight grandchildren. six great-grandchildren. mary and wilford came down with coronavirus in april. because they were both positive, they were able to stay in the same hospital room, which was a blessing, with their beds pushed together. they were so thankful they could be together, as they were in life. 73 years of marriage. think about it. after a lifetime together, they died within six hours of each other. the family says in their fin

mary and wilfred kepler were married for more than 73 years.went to the same high school in wisconsin and wed in 1946. they had three children, eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. because they both had coronavirus, they were able to stay in the same hospital room with their beds pushed together. they died within six hours of each other. their family says in their final hours they were able to hold hands and say i love you to each other one last time. assistant school principal joe lewenger was a father of three. in his final moments doctors handed him his phone so his wife morah could say good-bye. >> every single day my husband wrote me beautiful love letters in my lunch box, not just have a great day, beautiful letters about what i meant to him. i thanked him. i thanked him. and then i played and then the doctor took the phone and he said, i'm sorry, but there's no more pulse, and then i played our wedding song for him and then that was it. >> our thanks to wolf blitzer for all of those stories. we have posted more remembrances a