Having spent 70 loving years together, the Bhayandar resident could not bear the pain of losing his wife and stopped eating. Though the family convinced grieving Amrutbhai Parmar to at least consume liquid, he died on Saturday, 13 days after Vijaya Parmar's demise. Vijaya and Amrutbhai, who hailed from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, got married in 1950, and lived with their son and his wife at Sai Bhuvan building at Narayan Nagar, Bhayandar West.

Their son Rajendra Parmar said the couple could not stay without each other for long.