On a summer holiday in Spain, Thomasina and Patrick Tobin — a couple who had built a life of warmth and purpose across two hemispheres — died together in a villa jacuzzi near Valencia, leaving behind two teenage children and a grief that stretched from Greenwich to County Monaghan to New Zealand. The exact cause remains uncertain, with postmortems pointing to fatal cardiac events possibly triggered by electrocution or physical exhaustion. Their joint funeral drew hundreds, a testament to lives lived with generosity and devotion. Their story now quietly asks a larger question about the unseen d
Couple mourned at joint funeral after Spanish hot tub tragedy
Two deaths: Thomasina Tobin, 51, and Patrick Tobin, 48, died in a hot tub accident, leaving their two teenage children orphaned.