{"id":3012,"date":"2024-04-15T07:22:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T07:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2024-04-15T07:22:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T07:22:19","slug":"worlds-oldest-conjoined-twins-die-at-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3012","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest conjoined twins die at 62"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world\u2019s oldest\u00a0conjoined twins<\/a>\u00a0have died at the age of 62.<\/p>\n

Lori and George Schappell passed away at the Hospital of the University of\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>. Despite having fused skills, and sharing part of their brain and vital blood vessels, the\u00a0siblings<\/a>\u00a0defied predictions they would not live past 30.<\/p>\n

Born as twin girls, they also became the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders when George announced he was transgender in 2007.<\/p>\n

The cause of their deaths has not been made public, but they passed away on 7 April. As of 2022, they became the oldest living conjoined twins in the world.<\/p>\n

Having lived independently from the age of 24, the twins travelled widely and found a way to pursue separate interests, with George forging a career as a country singer and Lori a trophy-winning tenpin bowler, according to their obituaries, published by Pennsylvania-based Leibensperger Funeral Homes.<\/p>\n

Lori also worked in a laundry, working around George\u2019s gig schedule, which included tours in Germany and Japan. Lori was able-bodied, and helped her brother, who had spina bifida, get around in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

Over the years, they have appeared in many documentaries and talk shows, as well as appearing in an episode of\u00a0Nip\/Tuck<\/em>, their obituaries stated.<\/p>\n

The pair frequently asserted their desire not to be separated. George told a documentary in 1997: \u201cWould we be separated? Absolutely not. My theory is: why fix what is not broken?\u201d<\/p>\n

The siblings are survived by their father, six siblings, several nieces and nephews, and many friends.<\/p>

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