Lori and George Schappell, longtime conjoined twins, die at 62
They were separate people who led different lives. “Get past it, everyone,” Lori said, “get past it and get to know each person.”
Lori and George Schappell, conjoined twins whose the skulls were partly fused but who managed to lead an independent life, died on April 7 in Philadelphia. They were 62 years old.
Their deaths, which occurred in a hospital, were announced by a funeral home, which did not cite a cause.
Dr. Christopher Moir, a professor of surgery at the Mayo Clinic who was part of teams that separated six pairs of conjoined twins — although none of them were joined at the head — said that when the one of the Schappells is dead, the other would almost certainly have followed quickly.
"Siamese twins share traffic," he said, "so to Unless you split their connection in some way, it is absolutely a fatal and unsustainable process."
The Schappells have experienced much more long than expected when they were born craniopagus twins, joined at the head, which is rare. They were cited as the second oldest Siamese of all time by Guinness World Records.
They were connected at the sides of their foreheads and looking in different directions. opposite. Lori was able-bodied and pushed George, who suffered from spina bifida, onto a rolling stool. George was born female and changed her name in the 1990s to Reba, for country singer Reba McEntire, but later identified as a trans man.
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They were separate people who led different lives. “Get past it, everyone,” Lori said, “get past it and get to know each person.”
Lori and George Schappell, conjoined twins whose the skulls were partly fused but who managed to lead an independent life, died on April 7 in Philadelphia. They were 62 years old.
Their deaths, which occurred in a hospital, were announced by a funeral home, which did not cite a cause.
Dr. Christopher Moir, a professor of surgery at the Mayo Clinic who was part of teams that separated six pairs of conjoined twins — although none of them were joined at the head — said that when the one of the Schappells is dead, the other would almost certainly have followed quickly.
"Siamese twins share traffic," he said, "so to Unless you split their connection in some way, it is absolutely a fatal and unsustainable process."
The Schappells have experienced much more long than expected when they were born craniopagus twins, joined at the head, which is rare. They were cited as the second oldest Siamese of all time by Guinness World Records.
They were connected at the sides of their foreheads and looking in different directions. opposite. Lori was able-bodied and pushed George, who suffered from spina bifida, onto a rolling stool. George was born female and changed her name in the 1990s to Reba, for country singer Reba McEntire, but later identified as a trans man.
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