Lori and George Schappell, recognized as the world's oldest living conjoined twins, have passed away at the age of 62. The twins, who were joined at the head and had separate bodies, were nine years older than the second-oldest pair of female-born conjoined twins ever recorded. George, who had spina bifida, came out as transgender in 2007.
PHILADELPHIA -- George and Lori Schappell , who were the world's oldest living conjoined twins , died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to their obituary.Born Sept. 18, 1961, in West Reading, Pa., the twins were 62 years and 202 days old, nine years older than the second-oldest pair of female-born conjoined twins ever recorded, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The video is available on the True Lives YouTube channel and shows the twins letting Thomas into their apartment.Like his prior namesake Reba, George was a country singer himself. When he needed time to rehearse, the twins would go to George's room and Lori would give him peace and quiet. 'This is her room, I'm here in body, but that is it. This is her place,' Lori says in the video.
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