--- title: The Couple Who Gave New Meaning To 'Till Death Do Us Part' description: When couples like Don and Maxine Simpson pass away just hours apart, it's celebrated as a sign of love, and there's research to back it up. canonical: https://time.com/3082670/see-the-couple-who-gave-new-meaning-to-till-death-do-us-part/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-05T16:41:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:46.841Z og:title: The Couple Who Gave New Meaning To 'Till Death Do Us Part' og:description: When couples like Don and Maxine Simpson pass away just hours apart, it's celebrated as a sign of love, and there's research to back it up. og:url: https://time.com/3082670/see-the-couple-who-gave-new-meaning-to-till-death-do-us-part/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt706dfa24866e3f68/69869e6b810bbb70d8c92e40/1280-couples.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: 1280-Couples og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Couple Who Gave New Meaning To 'Till Death Do Us Part' twitter:description: When couples like Don and Maxine Simpson pass away just hours apart, it's celebrated as a sign of love, and there's research to back it up. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt706dfa24866e3f68/69869e6b810bbb70d8c92e40/1280-couples.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See The Couple Who Gave New Meaning to 'Till Death Do Us Part' > Sponsored content. 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Maxine had been battling cancer all this year, and Don had broken his hip two weeks prior to his passing. 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