Lori Schappell, one of the oldest conjoined twins died at the spry age of 62.
There was no comment from her twin brother, George.
Lori was the subject of several notable documentaries and pursued a separate career from her brother.
The twins had distinct brains but were joined at the skull.
George, who had spina bifida and was 4 inches shorter, was wheeled around by Lori on an adaptive wheeled stool. That’s the life: have your sibling do all the walking for you.
Despite each having to go where the other went, it was “very important” to both to live as independently as possible… while being, literally, attached together.
Both graduated from a public high school and took college classes.
Lori worked for six years in a hospital laundry.
She was “a trophy-winning bowler.” Here I have to assume the trophy was for best bowler with a sibling on a stool attached to them… or something of the sort.
“Since the age of 24, they have maintained their own residence and have traveled extensively,” their obituary notice said.
Over the years, they appeared in many documentaries and talk shows, as well as in an episode of the FX medical drama Nip/Tuck
This hit goes to: Toto Lover! Dave gets 40 more points!
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