Ernie Harwell was doing his morning exercises around 6:30 a.m. when Lulu Harwell came into the room and said she was having chest pains, the Hall of Fame sportscaster told the Free Press today. They contacted their community's emergency personnel, who responded and called an ambulance.

Lulu Harwell celebrated her 89th birthday earlier this month.

The two met in 1940, according to a Free Press article earlier this year. Lulu Harwell was, at the time, Lulu Tankersley. They were married in 1941 and are due to celebrate their 67th anniversary in August.

"I'm still a newlywed," Ernie Harwell said, laughing, for a Free Press article earlier this year. "It's been wonderful for me - she's such a wonderful person. We are more in love now than we ever have been. It's because of her, I think, it's been a great success."