<p>Ralph Wells and his wife, Irene, died within four days of each other in Hospice care earlier this month. Ralph was 93 and Irene was 99.</p>
January 22, 2016
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January 22, 2016 8 p.m.
Couple married 74 years die within days of each other
COEUR d'ALENE — Love and death — two of the most mysterious and uncontrollable forces that humans experience. One brings people close together, the other creates an irrevocable rift that separates loved ones until each one has crossed that final threshold.