Charlotte Peters shows the winning lottery ticket her husband, Donald Peters, bought the day he suffered a fatal heart attack. After setting it aside during her grief, she checked the numbers and realized she'd won $10 million.
(ABC News)Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury.
On Friday, his widow cashed in one of the tickets: a $10 million winner which, in her grief over her husband's death, she had put aside and almost discarded before recently checking the numbers.
There is a little good luck left in the world.
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- bansheewail
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Banshw=eewail is looking for a sugar-momma!! Let's party Granny! Whooop, whooop!
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- bansheewail
- 6 months ago
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lol Banshee. I need a grand mother , think she will adopt me.. I am happy for her
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Wow!
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Good luck to her. Hope she will have plenty of enjoyment with it.
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not luck.
blessings.
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- mhembree09
- 6 months ago
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Its nice to hear some good news thats AWESOME!
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Good for her
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Some good news! Its great that she'll be financially sound the rest of her days...its hard enough to lose a loved one let alone deal with financial burden of death and lost income. Im sure with this she'll be able to travel and spend some quality time with her remaining family.
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With a widow's smile that big - are we sure she didn't scratch that ticket right away causing her husband's heart attack? Anyhow, her silver lining turned to gold as added comfort under such sad circumstances.
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- darkhorsejim
- 6 months ago
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Happy for her the Lord or powers of the unknown work...
She's from my home state of CT and I'm hoping for the same lotto luck! She's been Blessed! Enjoy all there is to offer you...-
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- airjazzman1
- 6 months ago
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WOW, Shame that man could not share in his winnings after 20 yr s of buying lotto tickets.
I hope that her winning the lottery doesn't overshadow the grief of her dead husband, Although im sure he is well happy for her. -
That kicks ass!...and for the record, my girlfriend and I are both single and available depending on her new found friskiness!
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- SHAWN_RITTIMAN
- 6 months ago
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Good for her.
(*Not complain, but wasn't this posted yesterday someone else? No less it made homepage, also?*)
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How bittersweet. I bet that family would give every penny to have their loved one back again, but it just doesn't work that way. Money can't buy happiness, my thoughts are with that family.
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- arcticspirit
- 6 months ago
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Who needs life insurance? =)
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- VegaNerDiva
- 6 months ago
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Should have been me. Old bat ...
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I could totally see that guy sitting in Heaven (or prospective ending place) thinking, "God dammit, and on the day I die! The chances!"
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that whore.
just kidding.
