Lori and George Schappell, the world’s oldest conjoined twins, died in Pennsylvania, USA. Their life expectancy did not exceed 30 years.
The oldest conjoined twins in the world died in Pennsylvania, USA. Lori and George Schapell They were 63 years old and were born partially fused in the skull, sharing the 30% of their brains. At birth, doctors assured that their life expectancy did not exceed 30 years, but they lived twice as long.
The brothers achieved the Guinness World Records Like the Siamese older and never wanted or tried to separate. The news caused a stir because they had become recognized for participating in television programs. Still The cause of his death has not been specified.
Who were Lori and George Schappell, the oldest conjoined twins in the world
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After the news was announced, the brothers’ relatives expressed: “From the age of 24, they kept their own home and traveled a lot”. They both had physical obstacles, as George couldn’t walk and had to be pushed by Lori in a wheelchair.
However, this did not prevent them from living independently and achieving goals. They both attended college, Lori competed in bowling tournaments and he pursued a musical career in the country genre.
The Siamese, for its part, got engaged in 2006, but his partner died in a car accident. She once stated, “Just because we can’t get up and walk away from each other doesn’t mean we can’t be alone with other people or with ourselves. Close-knit people can have very private lives.“.
Furthermore, they became the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genderssince in 2007, George came out as a trans man.
The oldest conjoined twins in the world died: what their daily lives were like
In 1997, the twins said in a documentary that They had different bathing times. and that they showered separately. They both lived in an apartment with two rooms and they took turns sleeping every other day in each one to have their own private space.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the case of the conjoined twins was one of the strangest, being part of the 2% of people who suffer from the same condition. However, they rejected the idea of separating, even George always maintained: “Why fix what isn’t broken?”
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