Comment by srean
8 hours ago
Has there been any study that analyses the frequency of natural death of one shortly after death of his/her partner. How different is that compared to what one would expect assuming statistical independence and based image and health adjusted mortality curves.
Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widowhood_effect
Thanks.
Does it say what happened?
Died of sadness did make me wonder about something self inflicted.
That's always a possibility but I've seen my Grandpa die of a broken heart after my Grandma died. The night of her funeral he asked his children if they thought someone could die of a broken heart and after that it took him less than a year to go himself. I'd never considered that saying to be true until then but I watched it happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy
"It usually appears after a significant stressor, either physical or emotional; when caused by the latter, the condition is sometimes called broken heart syndrome"
Yes, I also took it to be a tactful-as-possible way to say that.
Same here but was curious about stats of broken heart syndrome anyhow.
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In a previous life I used to model insurance payouts for residential mortgages. The average we used was within 7 years.
you don't even have to be partners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau#Death