Debut 1972 Disbanded 1979 | Name The Twins | |
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Name(s) The McGuire TwinsThe McCrary Twins"World's Heaviest Twins" Combinedweight 666 kg (1,468 lb) (Billy and Benny McGuire) Hometown Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States | ||
The mcguire twins
Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001), known together as The McGuire Twins, were professional wrestlers listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Heaviest Twins" (328 kilograms (723 lb) and 338 kilograms (745 lb), respectively). A photo by John Page depicts the twins riding their Honda motorcycles.
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Stage careers
Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, the twins began using the stage name McGuire and gained popularity as tag-team wrestlers and in carnival stunt shows.
Deaths
Billy McCrary died on July 14, 1979, at the age of 32, following a motorcycle accident in Niagara Falls en route to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Benny lived for 21 more years, until his death at age 54 on March 26, 2001 of heart failure.