--- title: 2-Faced Cat Name Frank and Louie Dies at 15 description: Two mouths, two noses and three blue eyes. canonical: https://time.com/3622516/two-faced-cat-frank-louie/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-07T20:45:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:05.043Z og:title: 2-Faced Cat Named Frank and Louie Dies at 15 og:description: Two mouths, two noses and three blue eyes. og:url: https://time.com/3622516/two-faced-cat-frank-louie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7660385e5008411/69876d43cd6848456809876b/ap1109280145869.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Two Faced Cat og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2-Faced Cat Named Frank and Louie Dies at 15 twitter:description: Two mouths, two noses and three blue eyes. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7660385e5008411/69876d43cd6848456809876b/ap1109280145869.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 2-Faced Cat Named Frank and Louie Dies at Age 15  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Dec 7, 2014 8:45 PM UTC  Frank and Louie, a two-faced cat, is held by its owner in Worcester, Mass., Sept. 28, 2011. Frank and Louie, a two-faced cat, is held by its owner in Worcester, Mass., Sept. 28, 2011.Steven Senne—AP  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Dec 7, 2014 8:45 PM UTC The two-faced cat, named Frank and Louie, has died at the ripe old age of 15. Frank and Louie was rushed to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, where he was diagnosed with a “really bad cancer,” said the cat’s owner, Marty Stevens. Stevens then agreed to have Frank and Louie euthanized, the _Telegram of Worcester_ [reported](http://www.telegram.com/article/20141204/NEWS/312049633/1116) Thursday. Janus cats, so-called after the two-faced Roman god, usually live for only a few days. The phenomenon doesn’t actually result from what causes conjoined twins — the incomplete separation of two embryos — but instead from the abnormal activity of a protein, which leads to duplication of parts or all of the face. \[[_Telegram of Worcester_](http://www.telegram.com/article/20141204/NEWS/312049633/1116)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3622516/two-faced-cat-frank-louie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3622516/two-faced-cat-frank-louie/"},"headline":"2-Faced Cat Named Frank and Louie Dies at Age 15","datePublished":"2014-12-07T20:45:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:05.043Z","description":"Janus cats, so-called after the two-faced Roman god, usually live for only a few days","url":"https://time.com/3622516/two-faced-cat-frank-louie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7660385e5008411/69876d43cd6848456809876b/ap1109280145869.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7660385e5008411/69876d43cd6848456809876b/ap1109280145869.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Two Faced Cat","caption":"Two Faced Cat","creditText":"Steven Senne—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3622516/two-faced-cat-frank-louie/","name":"2-Faced Cat Named Frank and Louie Dies at Age 15"}}]}] ```