Soulmates ten minutes apart - A man and his wife, who have been together for 65 years, have died just ten minutes apart from the time of death of one another.

The couple, Harry and Mavis Stevenson, reportedly met each other as teenagers and had been living together at the St. Werburgh's House Care Home in Derby when the soulmates died ten minutes apart. The English couple reportedly lived together in the home because of Mavis's ill health and also because they literally could not live without each other.

Reports indicate that on Nov.3^rd, at the age of 89, Mavis passed away, and Harry also died shortly afterwards. The death of the soulmates ten minutes apart has surprised families and friends of the couple.

Harry, who was 80 years old, is reported to have been healthy and cried a little after his wife had passed on.

"The staff told Harry very gently that she had passed away and said he shed two or three tears. Then they tended to Mavis and the next time they looked over at Harry, he was gone," Stephen Cresswell, a 65-year-old nephew of the couple said

"It was less than ten minutes later. He was lying next to her in a separate bed at the time. They shared a room in the home and the staff had pushed the beds together the night," Cresswell revealed. "Their love lasted and they were devoted to each other. I can imagine them being together now, after death, side by side."

The death of the soulmates ten minutes apart has ignited interest in the history of the couple. Reports indicate that Harry and Mavis when they were 16 in 1943, at the Asterdale social club. Harry joined the Royal Marine later in the same year on his 17th birthday.

After becoming a Marine Commando, he participated in the D-Day Normandy, which sought to liberate Europe from the hands of the Nazi's under Hitler's control.

Harry was later transferred to the Far East where he fought against Japanese forces. His letters to Mavis reveals that he was shot in the hand, but still wrote to her at least twice every day.

Cresswell believes that Harry's trips to war strengthened the bond between the couple, who got married in 1949.

Family members say the funeral of the soulmates, who died ten minutes apart, is scheduled to take place on Thursday.

"They wanted to be together. There was no way of separating them. They were as close as any couple I have known. They never had a serious argument and were soulmates," Cresswell said.

The death of the soulmates ten minutes apart has sparked off debates about love. Commentators are speculating whether Harry and Mavis were indeed bound up spiritually or he died from the pain of losing her.