Husband, 88, pulls out his intravenous tubes and dies eight hours after his wife of 69 years after telling his son: 'It's no fun without her'

A couple married for 69 years, Gene Warrington, 88, and his 86-year-old wife, Pat, (pictured) died eight hours apart in hospice care in northwest Ohio on December 27.Phil Warrington said his father recognized that Pat was in critical condition and pulled out his own intravenous tubes the next day. 'We were able to get them together for about 45 minutes and he held her hand,' son Phil Warrington said.