Photograph of separated elderly Canadian couple draws worldwide attention

A photograph of a wheelchair-bound, crying elderly Canadian couple separated into two different care homes after 62 years of marriage has drawn international attention.

Photograph of separated elderly Canadian couple draws worldwide attention

A photograph of a wheelchair-bound, crying elderly Canadian couple separated into two different care homes after 62 years of marriage has drawn international attention.

Wolfram Gottschalk, 83, of Surrey, British Columbia, was put in an assisted home in January after he suffered dementia health complications, making it impossible for his wife Anita, 81, to care for him at home.

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