--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 2-Faced Cat Named Frank and Louie Dies at Age 15 > Sponsored content. 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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"}}]}] ```