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Related: About this forum95-year-old's love song to his wife of 75 years -- A Letter from Fred
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401655/She-gave-75-years-life-96-year-old-man-enters-heartbreaking-song-wrote-late-wife-contest-producers-record-iTunes.htmlA 96-year-old Illinois man wrote a song about his wife of 75 years and when he sent the heart-wrenching ode into a singer-songwriter contest, they decided to produce it for him.
When Fred Stobaugh talks about his wife Lorraine now, its hard for him to hold back tears after the life they led together he says was like a dream.
After she died, he was sitting alone in the Peoria home they once shared and for the first time in his life he decided to write a song.
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95-year-old's love song to his wife of 75 years -- A Letter from Fred (Original Post)
OneGrassRoot
Aug 2013
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GentryDixon
(3,138 posts)1. Thank you.
What a wonderful tribute.
lamp_shade
(15,401 posts)2. Wow. That was so very beautiful and emotional. Thank you.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)3. thanks for posting that. K&R
so much heart behind those few simple phrases.