2 brothers die minutes apart

MINERAL CITY, Ohio (AP) -- They grew up together in this small village in eastern Ohio, served in the Korean War and settled in homes across the street from each other.
Then brothers Ben and Robert McNutt died of heart attacks within minutes of each other, about 10 feet apart.
Their wives returned from shopping Friday to find that 69-year-old Robert McNutt was motionless on his front porch. They called 71-year-old Ben McNutt for help, but he had a heart attack, too.
The brothers attended Mineral City High School in the 1950s. Among many civic activities, both served on the fire and police departments of the village 95 miles east of Columbus. Many of its 841 residents stopped by the brothers' houses to offer condolences this weekend.
"They were two of a kind," Ben McNutt Jr. said. "They were just country folk, easy to get along with kind of guys.
"They liked living the small-town life, giving back and being close to family."