Centenarian twin Gin-san dies at 108

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Gin Kanie (L), one of two twin sisters, who died of old age at 108 in the early hours of Feb. 28 at her home in Nagoya, and her sister Kin Narita, known as Kin-san, who died in January 2000 at age 107.

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