Pensioner, 90, proposes to his sweetheart, 92, while she's having a heart-attack

A couple in their 90s known as 'Mo and Jo' who have lived together for 37 years are finally getting married - after he proposed while she was having a heart attack.

Maurice Benton, 90, and Joanne Orris, 92 - better known as 'Team Mo and Jo' - decided to tie the knot during the medical emergency at their home.

Jo agreed to take the plunge while she was in the grips of the heart attack last March after years of turning down Mo's regular proposals.

And she later joked that he was so shocked by her acceptance it almost caused him to have a heart attack of his own.

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She has now recovered from the health scare and the couple are busy making plans for their big day next month, WalesOnline has reported.

Recalling the proposal, Jo, of Curry Rivel, Somerset, said: "I said to him, 'I feel so ill'. He said, 'I can't do anything for you, so I'll ring 999'.

"He came forward and knelt down. He said, 'I'm sorry I can't take this pain away from you. Will you marry me?'

"I've always said no in the past, but my heart attack made us realise perhaps we haven't got so many years left, so we'll get married after all.

"I'd always said we were alright as we were, living as if we were a married couple.

"It's been a big joke that I'd rather be a mistress than a wife.

"When I said yes, I think Maurice was so shocked, he nearly had a heart attack as well.

"We've been laughing ever since. And it means there won't be any problems with the taxman."

When the vicar and registrar conduct the wedding in the couple's home on Saturday, March 19, it will be Jo's third nuptials - she divorced her first husband, while the second died in his 50s.

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