Doug Flutie's parents dead

On the same day, within an hour of each other, and both from heart attacks. Weird.

Sad, but “weird” might be too strong.

His mother had a heart attack less than an hour after her husband of 56 years died.

It’s not all that uncommon for long term couples to die within a short period of each other, though I’ll admit that an hour is pushing it.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’.