The world's oldest conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, have died, aged 62, according to the Guinness World Records (GWR).
The pair were 62 years and 202 days old, nine years older than the second oldest female conjoined twins ever recorded.
Lori and George also held the world record for the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders after George revealed himself to be transgender.
The twins were born in Pennsylvania, US, on September 18 1961. They had partially fused skulls, sharing blood vessels and 30% of their brains — the frontal and parietal lobes.
Lori was able-bodied but George, who had spina bifida, used a "wheelchair-type stool," GWR said.
George was a successful country singer and toured the world, while Lori was a trophy-winning ten pin bowler. Lori also worked at a hospital in between George's concerts.
The twins tried to live as independently as possible. They had a two bedroom apartment and would alternate which room they slept in, they also showered separately, using a shower curtain as a barrier while one showered, and the other stood outside the bath.
A 1997 documentary asked if the pair would ever want to be separated, to which George responded: "Would we be separated? Absolutely not. My theory is: Why fix what is not broken?"
The twins died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania due to "undisclosed causes."
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