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Ladan and Laleh Bijani (Persian: لادن و لاله بیژنی; 17 January 1974 – 8 July 2003) were Iranian conjoined twin sisters. They were joined at the head and died soon after their complicated surgical separation.
July 8 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins [1] September 6 – Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, Mount Everest Summiter, died while climbing Gasherbrum I. July 11 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer murdered by the Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi. (b. 1949) [2]
The Schappell twins lived in a two-bedroom apartment with each maintaining a distinct private space. They had several pets. Lori was a trophy-winning bowler. They respected each other's privacy in terms of work time, recreation and relationships. Lori had several boyfriends and was engaged but her fiancé died after a motor vehicle accident.
The conjoined twins being kept at a hospital in Damascus while awaiting an evacuation for necessary medical treatment died on Wednesday.
The twins, listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to obituaries posted by Leibensperger ...
Lori and George Schappell, the world’s oldest living conjoined twins, have died. The twins passed away on April 7 of undisclosed causes, according to joint obituaries published by Leibensperger ...
Conjoined twins, popularly referred to as Siamese twins, [1] [2] are twins joined in utero. [ a ] It is a very rare phenomenon, estimated to occur in anywhere between one in 50,000 births to one in 200,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in southwest Asia and Africa. [ 5 ]
Conjoined 40-year-old twins George, left, and Lori Schappell. The world's oldest living conjoined twins — Lori and George Schappell — have died. They were from the United States, and died at 62.