Husband, 86, shoots dead his wife of 64 years in her hospice bed before turning the gun on himself 'because he couldn't envision life without her'

An 86-year-old man who shot and killed his 83-year-old wife in her hospice bed before turning the gun on himself had decided he couldn't live without her, authorities believe. Elwood Osman shot dead his beloved wife of 64 years, Mildred Osman, on the fourth floor of Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Staff heard gunshots and when they entered the room, they found Mrs Osman dead in her bed and the body of her husband, in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Relatives have described how the couple were inseparable, and how Mr Osman had struggled to cope after his wife suffered a stroke earlier this month. She moved to the hospice last week.

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