Death of Lori and George Shapell, Siamese twins among the longest-lived in the world: they lived 62 years with the head of one attached to that of the other.

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Lori and George Schappell, Siamese twins from West Reading, Pennsylvania (USA), were among the longest-living conjoined twins in the world. The two died on April 7th last year in a Pennsylvania hospital. When they were born, in 1961, their doctor said they wouldn't live more than a year. With a statistical incidence of one in 200,000 births, the phenomenon of twins who remain connected in the womb while growing is very rare. Half of conjoined tw…