lose one's wife

He lost his wife to cancer 3 years ago, and has a 7-year-old daughter.

Before it was over with, he would lose his wife.

In little more than a month he lost his wife.

In 1925, he lost his wife at a very early age.

He lost his first wife, married again, and had another four children.

He had a brother who lost his wife and several children.

The man looked as if he'd just lost his wife and best friend on the same day.

"He lost his wife and daughter at the same time?"

He lost his wife early, or he'd have been here among us yet.

He married while in America, but lost his wife six years later.