Jeri Wirtz, who captivated millions alongside her husband as the duo “Jeri and Mike,” died Dec. 6 at her home. She was 74.

The couple’s shared Instagram account announced her death on Monday, revealing that Wirtz spent her final day surrounded by family and friends as she watched her children and grandchildren decorate the Christmas tree with her favorite music playing.

Wirtz and her husband, Mike, amassed more than 900,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram by sharing their nearly 50-year interracial love story and her nine-year journey with stage 4 breast cancer.

The couple’s story began in summer 1976 when they met at their apartment complex swimming pool, according to PEOPLE . They married the following year, a decade after the Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia decision stru

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