MIAMI (AP) — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida on Thursday, and the state is scheduled to execute another 74-year-old next month.

Dusty Ray Spencer was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. followinga three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. Spencer was convicted of the 1992 stabbing death of his wife Karen.