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"Bride Dies During Couple's First Dance AP Posted: 2008-02-11 06:38:12 Filed Under: Nation News DAVIE, Florida (Feb. 10) - Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony. But less than an hour after she and Teddy Efkarpides were wed, Sjostrom crumpled in her husband's arms during a Greek song that means "Love Me." At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease. The wedding had become a project at Davie Elementary School, where Sjostrom taught first grade. Fellow teachers provided the wedding gown, the flowers and decorations. One of them, an ordained minister, performed the ceremony. "It was perfect for her," said Dominic Church, the minister friend. Sjostrom carried blue and white flowers during the ceremony - the colors of the Greek flag - as she exchanged vows with Efkarpides, a 43-year-old carpenter and Navy veteran. They had met three years to the day before the Jan. 19 wedding. During the couple's first dance, Sjostrom complained of being lightheaded. Efkarpides thought his wife, a diabetic, needed sugar, but she collapsed. Wedding guests, paramedics and doctors at a nearby hospital were unable to revive her. She had a previous cardiac episode in her 20s and was a poster child - literally - for juvenile diabetes, relatives and friends said. Efkarpides recalled seeing the poster featuring her on New York subways. He consoles himself by reading a list of "101 Reasons Why I Love You" that Sjostrom gave him their first Christmas together. "Number 1. You make me smile." No. 98 is especially difficult: "You're the one I want to grow old with." Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. "

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2/11/2008 10:09:42 AM

Oh wow, that sucks.

I think this is only second to the story I heard, probably 10 years ago, about guy whose girlfriend died on the way to their date. He was going to propose to her that night.

2/11/2008 10:11:33 AM

2/11/2008 10:11:37 AM

Jesus christ I laughed when I read the title.

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 10:15 AM. Reason : I'm a terrible person.]

2/11/2008 10:15:21 AM

I saw that one ^^^ I think on the news... was it a very young couple??

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 10:16 AM. Reason : ^'s]

2/11/2008 10:16:25 AM

Let this serve as a reminder to everyone to take better care of yourselves and know your family genetics to see if you are predestined for certain diseases.

2/11/2008 10:17:39 AM

It was somewhere in the Piedmont, I was in high school, but thats all I remember.

2/11/2008 10:18:15 AM

House did it

2/11/2008 10:20:47 AM

2/11/2008 10:27:45 AM

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"House did it "

house coulda saved her

2/11/2008 10:40:29 AM

Yikes.

2/11/2008 11:35:38 AM

yeah, I heard about this earlier this morning

crazy shit man

2/11/2008 11:38:12 AM

oh god, that's horrible

2/11/2008 11:50:43 AM

how november rain-esque

2/11/2008 11:50:55 AM

Did anybody else find it ironic that the minister was named Church? "Welcome to Church Reverend Church." WTF?

2/11/2008 12:08:42 PM

that's terrible.

2/11/2008 12:12:37 PM

^^better than Satan

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 12:15 PM. Reason : w]

2/11/2008 12:14:50 PM

omg wow.

2/11/2008 3:33:24 PM

This is the most depressing thing I've heard all day.

Let this be a reminder to us all; cherish the time that we get with the ones we love, because it doesn't last nearly long enough.

2/11/2008 3:36:44 PM

and beware of diabetus.

2/11/2008 3:42:12 PM

also reminder that people need to excercise to reduce the risk....

2/11/2008 3:53:34 PM

My Big Fat Greek Coronary

2/11/2008 5:38:57 PM

Next song was going to be:

"I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight"
"Take My Breath Away"


[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 10:34 PM. Reason : etc.]

2/11/2008 10:34:15 PM

This was sad.

2/11/2008 10:34:48 PM