Lori and George Schappell, conjoined twins born in 1961, died on April 7 at the age of 62
The twins died on April 7 at the University of Pennsylvania, according to their joint obituaries, which were published in Leibensperger Funeral Homes in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. A cause of death was not revealed.
The Schappell’s were craniopagus twins, meaning they had separate bodies but partially fused skulls and shared bone, vital blood vessels and 30 percent of their brain, including the frontal lobe and the parietal lobe. They were conjoined by the forehead facing in opposite directions and were unable to see each other, per a profile done on the siblings in New York.
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