ROCK HILL, S.C. — A former chair of Winthrop University's Board of Trustees was shot and killed Monday.
Authorities said 81-year-old Dr. Mary Jean Martin was shot by her husband 91-year-old James Martin. He then shot himself at their home in Rock Hill, they said.
Authorities are calling the deaths a murder-suicide.
Both of the Martins had failing health.
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