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Twins die hours apartHeart failure hits 92-year-olds

NEW YORK: Identical twinsJulian and Adrian Riesterwere born seconds apart 92years ago. They died hoursapart this week.

The Buffalo-born brotherswere also brothers in the Ro-man Catholic Order of FriarsMinor. Professed friars for 65years, they spent much of thattime working together at StBonaventure University,doing carpentry work, gard-ening and driving visitors to

and from the airport andaround town.

‘‘It was fun to see them, justquiet, gentle souls,’’ YvonnePeace, who worked at the StBonaventure Friary fornearly 21 years, said.

They died on Wednesday atSt Anthony Hospital in St

Petersburg, Florida, Julian inthe morning and Adrian inthe evening.

Both died of heart failure,said Father James Toal,guardian of St Anthony Fri-ary in St Petersburg, wherethe inseparable twins livedsince moving from western

New York in 2008. ‘‘It really isalmost a poetic ending to theremarkable story of theirlives,’’ St Bonaventure spok-esman Tom Missel said.‘‘Stunning when you hear it,but hardly surprising giventhat they did almost every-thing together.’’

Julian and Adrian Riesterwere born Jerome and Irvingon March 27, 1919, to a couplewho already had five daugh-ters. They took the names ofsaints upon their ordinationin the Catholic church.

‘‘Dad was a doctor and hesaid a prayer for a boy,’’ Ad-

rian once said, according to StBonaventure. ‘‘The Lordfooled him and sent two.’’

They had separate rooms inthe friary but one telephoneextension that rang into both,Ms Peace recalled.

It was usually the moretalkative Adrian who ans-wered, although Julian poss-essed a quiet authority.

The brothers will be buriedtogether at Calvary Cemeteryin Clearwater, Florida.

DRDEATHGOESDETROIT: Jack Kevorkian,the audacious doctor whospurred on the US right-to-die debate with ahomemade suicide ma-chine that helped end thelives of dozens of ailingpeople, has died, aged 83.Dr Kevorkian died on Fri-day at William BeaumontHospital in Royal Oak,where he had been hospi-talised since May withpneumonia and kidneyproblems, close friendand prominent lawyerMayer Morganroth said.

HEFNERRETURNSLONDON: Hugh Hefnerand his Playboy bunnieswere returning to theLondon club scene thisweekend after an ab-sence of 30 years.The club closed in 1981after its gaming licencewas revoked – but itsA-list glamour had fadedand venues were on de-cline around theworld.

GAS EXPLOSIONAUCKLAND: An explosionwhich killed one man andinjured six others in a tun-nel in the Auckland sub-urb of Onehunga wascaused by an unidentifiedgas, New Zealand emerg-ency services say.The explosion happened4m into the tunnel wherea new water main wasbeing connected, Super-intendent George Frasersaid. Workers had just en-tered and were a fewme-tres into the tunnel whenthe blast occurred.

EDWARDSPLEAFORMER presidentialhopeful John Edwards haspleaded not guilty tocharges of using$US900,000

($A844,000) in cam-paign funds to cover upan extramarital affair,proclaiming: ‘‘I did notbreak the law.’’Mr Edwards, 57, wascharged in a six-count in-dictment ‘‘for allegedlyparticipating in a schemeto violate federal cam-paign finance laws’’, theJustice Department said.The former US senator,who fathered a child inthe affair with a film pro-ducer, asserted his inno-cence upon leaving acourthouse in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

ROCKET LAUNCHCOPENHAGEN: A home-made rocket built by twoDanes has successfullyblasted off from a float-ing launch pad off theDanish Baltic island ofBornholm, nine monthsafter its first test flightfailed due to a defectivehair drier.‘‘It was like seeing amissile and it came overus a couple of kilometresup. We are ecstatic andwill be going home witheverything we havelearned,’’ inventor PeterMadsen said.The 9m 1.6-tonne rocketand its small capsulehave taken three yearsto test and build.

FERRIS FALLWILDWOOD, New Jersey:An 11-year-old girl diedafter plummeting 30mfrom a moving Ferriswheel. ‘‘The exact causeof the incident has notbeen determined, but atthis time does not ap-pear to be mechanical innature,’’ a statementfrom Morey’s Mariner’sLanding Pier, where theaccident happened, read.