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May 27, 2022

"Joe Died of a Broken Heart": Husband of Teacher Slain in Uvalde Dies of Heart Attack
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The husband of a fourth grade teacher killed in Tuesday's massacre died
Thursday of a heart attack. Fifty-year-old Joe Garcia had just returned
home from dropping off flowers at a memorial for his wife, Irma Garcia,
when he collapsed. Garcia's cousin wrote, "I truly believe Joe died of a
broken heart." Joe and Irma Garcia were high school sweethearts who had
been married for a quarter-century; they leave behind four children.


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