# Doug Flutie's parents dead

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 23, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-fluties-parents-dead/738330 "2015-11-23T01:55:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-fluties-parents-dead/738330/1 "2015-11-23T01:55:22Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-fluties-parents-dead/738330/2 "2015-11-23T02:24:28Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-fluties-parents-dead/738330/3 "2015-11-23T02:27:57Z")

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[Takotsubo cardiomyopathy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy) or ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’.