Article: Bob and Sally Ott died two weeks apart after 67 years of marriage. Medical experts say it's not unusual. Broken heart.

Byline: Ann Wlazelek

Mar. 23--Heartthrobs since high school and married for 67 years, Bob and Sally Ott spent so much of their lives together that neither could bear the thought of going on alone if the other died. "They always said, 'If you go, I'm going to go too,' " recalled the well-known Allentown couple's only son, Robert S. Ott. Ott's parents, who worked side by side for more than 20 years as former owners and operators of Dorney Park, kept their word. Two weeks after Ott buried his 87-year-old mother, he admitted his 88-year-old father to a hospital, where the patriarch died the next day, March 3. The phenomenon -- which appeared again this month ...

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