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Burial of 747-Pound Twin Ends World Tour Era
Billy McCrary, 32, weighed 747 pounds and his twin Benny 727 as the McGuire Twins, famed for size, were laid to rest in Hendersonville after a Niagara Falls appearance. A crane lowered the oversized maple casket into a grave, a service attended by about 300 friends and a Guinness-Ripley’s contingent.
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Billy
McGuire Twins
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Albert Jones
Guinness Book of World Records
Ripley's
Believe
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Guinness
Charles Jackson
Benny McCrary