Widower

A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.

He's a widower with three small children to take care of.

He was a widower, but a year after his son's wedding, he could not restrain himself any longer and also got married.

Tom is a widower.

Tom's only been a widower for six months.

I'm a widower.

A widower is a man whose spouse has died.

A widower is a man whose wife has died.

A widower is a man whose husband has died.

I've only been a widower for three months.

Tears of the widower, when he sees ⁠A late-lost form that sleep reveals, ⁠And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these; […]

What happens to the lovers of people with AIDS? How do they experience the passage from lover to caregiver to "widower"?