100 mourners pay respects to centenarian twin Gin-san

100 mourners pay respects to centenarian twin Gin-san

NAGOYA, Japan - Two relatives of Gin Kanie, the celebrity twin who died of natural causes Feb. 28 at age 108, burn incense for her in a funeral in central Japan's Nagoya on March 2. About 100 mourners turned out to pay their respects to Kanie, who was known simply as ''Gin-san.'' Her twin sister Kin Narita, called ''Kin-san,'' died in January 2000 at age 107.

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