A couple married for nearly 50 years had just enjoyed a cocktail on their deck, where they talked about their inevitable deaths.
As they walked back inside their Vermont home, a piece of ice fell off the roof and fatally struck 73-year-old Linda Freedman Scharrenberg in the back of the head, according to the couple's daughter, Jodine Meyers.
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Scharrenberg was knocked unconscious and fell into the snow face-first, the Caledonian Record reported Tuesday.
The paramedics worked to revive Scharrenberg for an hour and eventually determined that even if she did wake up, she would not have cognitive function.
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In the porch conversation, Meyers said her father told Scharrenberg he didn't know how he could live without her.
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