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Lee Bullen & John Bett

Widower gets late wife's face tattooed on his arm so she's always 'close'

A grandfather who was left alone when his wife died got a tattoo of his soulmate's face on his arm - so he could stay "close" to her now she was gone.

Waldir Spalato, 83, was married to his soulmate Lourdes for nearly 60 years but the pair were sadly separated when she passed away following a kidney infection.

The tattoo, on full view on Waldir's arm, is a line drawing of Lourdes head and shoulders, resting above a bed of flowers, and was done by his granddaughter Fernanda Spalato.

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