At 62 years and 202 days old, the couple hold the record as the oldest living conjoined twins
The world’s oldest conjoined twins have died at the age of 62. Lori and George Schaper died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to an obituary provided online by Liebensperger Funeral Home. Guinness World Records also confirmed the death in a statement.
“Guinness World Records is deeply saddened by the news of the deaths of Lori and George Schaper, the world’s oldest conjoined twins. George enjoyed a successful career as a country singer, while Lori was a repeat singer. Award winning ten pin bowler,” GWR wrote in a post on X.
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Guinness World Records is deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of Lori and George Schaper, the world’s oldest conjoined twins.
George enjoyed a successful career as a country singer, while Lori was an award-winning ten-pin bowler.
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— Guinness World Records (@GWR) April 12, 2024
At 62 years and 202 days old, the twins hold the record as the oldest living conjoined twins, according to the Guinness World Records website.
Lori and George were born on September 18, 1961, with their skulls partially fused and sharing vital blood vessels and 30% of their brains. Although the twins are joined at the head, they are different in many ways and have different careers.
George enjoyed a successful career as a country singer, while Lori was an award-winning ten-pin bowler. Lori also worked in a hospital laundromat for several years in the 1990s, building her schedule around George’s gigs, which took them all over the world, including Germany and Japan.
In 2007, George began to identify as a man after revealing that he was transgender, and they became the first same-sex conjoined twins in the world to be identified as different genders.
The twins live independently in a two-bedroom apartment in Pennsylvania. They each have their own room – taking turns spending nights in each – and try to live their lives as best they can. They took turns practicing their hobbies and said they actually “zoned out” when they were in each other’s rooms.
In a 1997 documentary, the twins said they had different bath times, one at a time. They used a shower curtain as a barrier and one person took a shower while the other stood outside the tub.
They also said they never want to separate. “Are we ever going to break up? No. My theory is: Why fix something that’s not broken?” George once said.
Lori and George are survived by their father, six brothers and sisters, several nieces and nephews and a large circle of friends.
