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They were both 91 years old and in declining health. Nic Elderhorst suffered a stroke in 2012 and more recently, his wife, Trees Elderhorst, was diagnosed with dementia, according to the Dutch newspaper, De Gelderlander.
Neither wanted to live without the other, or leave this world alone.
So the two, who lived in Didam, a town in the eastern part of the Netherlands, and had been together 65 years, shared a last word, and a kiss, then died last month hand-in-hand in a double euthanasia allowed under Dutch law, according to De Gelderlander.
The Elderhorsts discussed their options and submitted requests for euthanasia a year-long process their daughters called an intense time, according to De Gelderlander.
The couple, who had even planned their own funerals, died July 4.
