Terminally ill groom dies at altar as bride walks down the aisle

Paul Wynn took his final breath while waiting for his partner of 21 years, Alison, to meet him at the altar at their wedding.

A groom with terminal cancer died at the altar as his bride was walking down the aisle to meet him, according to a report.

Paul Wynn, a 57-year-old dad of 11, was sitting in a chair waiting for his beloved partner of 21 years, Alison Wynn, to greet him at their nuptials in a town hall in Scotland, The Sun reported.

Before the ceremony, Ms Wynn said, “Everything seemed to be OK, although Paul seemed to be a bit uncomfortable by this point, and his kilt had been loosened a wee bit to help him feel more comfortable.”

“By the time I got to him, I called his name a couple of times,” she said.

Alison and her late husband Paul who died at the altar on their wedding day. Picture: Facebook

Paul had terminal cancer and died at his wedding.

“He didn’t turn round, he didn’t look at me, and I realised there was something wrong, and I started breaking down, and I started shouting his name, and we knew something wasn’t right.”

Doctors had told the groom he had cancer in May but only diagnosed it as terminal a little more than a week ago, according to The Sun.

Ms Wynn and her partner rushed to tie the knot before he passed away, and they managed to hastily organise a wedding in the town of Saltcoats.

Doctors had told Ms Wynn that he had up to two months to live.

Alison Wynn pictured in her wedding dress. Picture: Supplied

But first responders were unable to revive him at the wedding.

“I’m having to get up and moving every day for the sake of my children, but I can’t eat,” said the heartbroken bride, who has five children with Mr Wynn.

“Paul and I lost a child in 2004 after I had a miscarriage, so it gives me a bit of comfort that he’s up there with our child,” she said.

“His mother passed away in 2020, so at least he’s with her now, too.

“We were his life, he would do anything for his kids,” his bride said, adding that her partner had been a freelance photographer.

“He would move heaven and earth for his kids, and everyone loved him.”

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and is republished here with permission