{"id":91727,"date":"2026-07-10T06:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91727"},"modified":"2026-07-10T06:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:27:15","slug":"woman-forced-to-bury-husband-in-cape-verde-after-he-fell-ill-and-died-while-on-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/10\/woman-forced-to-bury-husband-in-cape-verde-after-he-fell-ill-and-died-while-on-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman forced to bury husband in Cape Verde after he fell ill and died while on holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA27Bo5k.img?w=768&h=432&m=6&x=361&y=112&s=249&d=249\" alt=\"Colin Timson died after falling ill in Cape Verde two years ago. Pic: Irwin Mitchell\/PA\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Retired forklift driver Colin Timson, 74, from Heighington, Darlington, became unwell on the second day of his two-week stay at the Riu Funana resort in Sal in July 2024.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/woman-forced-to-bury-husband-in-cape-verde-after-he-fell-ill-and-died-while-on-holiday\/ar-AA27Bo5p?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a508fd973084d9cb2d924f8dcf87e3c&ei=20\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Retired forklift driver Colin Timson, 74, from Heighington, Darlington, became unwell on the second day of his two-week stay at the Riu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cape-Verde.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91728,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91727\/revisions\/91728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}