The siamese longest-lived in the world died this Saturday, at 68 years.
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon of Beavercreek, Ohio were born joined by the abdomen on October 28, 1951. In 2014, the brothers received the distinction of being the siamese Older worldwide shortly before his 63rd birthday.
The WHIO television station reported that the brothers died in a hospice facility in Dayton, according to their brother Jim. The Montgomery County coroner noted that siamese died of natural causes.
From their childhood, the brothers appeared in carnivals and circuses as one of the secondary attractions. Jim Gaylon told media company Mlive that his income was the breadwinner for the family for years.
The subscription television channel TLC aired a documentary about the brothers in 2010.
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon retired from the entertainment industry in 1991 and lived on their own until 2010, when they were forced to move in with family members due to health problems.
The Dayton community raised funds and helped renovate their new home so that the brothers could move freely in a wheelchair designed especially for them, the Dayton Daily News reported.
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