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Leeds great-grandparents snatched kiss before they were separated in hospital

Carol and Harvey Kleiman were admitted on the same day to St James' Hospital in Leeds with coronavirus

April 27, 2020 09:01
Carol Kleiman, 79, died on April 5 in Leeds
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A Jewish great-grandmother who died after being admitted with her husband to hospital with coronavirus was able to “snatch a kiss” moments before the two were separated.

Carol and Harvey Kleiman tested positive for the virus on April 1 and admitted to St James’ Hospital in Leeds.

Before being sent to different wards, Carol, 79, and Harvey, 83, were able to wave and snatch a kiss in the corridor of the hospital.

“He was going one way and she was going another,” Mrs Kleiman’s stepdaughter, Frances Flaxinton, 59, told The Times. “I’m just so glad they were able to see each other for the last time when they were moving around the wards.”

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