100-Year-Old Couple, Together 82 Years, Dies From Coronavirus 2 Weeks Apart

Cranston RI

18 June, 2020

7:38 AM

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CRANSTON, R.I. — Two smiling sweethearts among the many stolen by COVID-19. Bill and Jill Caldarone, of Cranston, Rhode Island, lived 100 years. They were married 76 and together for 82. "Throughout their whole life, everything they did was Bill and Jill of Federal Hill," said their son, Ron Caldarone. Ron and his wife lived next door to the elder Caldarones for 35 years. He saw them daily – until everything changed this spring. Jill went to the hospital for chest pain. Husband Bill fell and suffered an injury trying to drive after her ambulance. The couple went to a nursing home to recover. And then coronavirus made its way into their facility. Ron and other relatives could no longer visit. Their final conversations happened by video call. Read more at CBS Boston